Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Board of Supervisors

As Bike-Share Pilot Lurches Along, Supe Wiener Calls for Full-Scale Launch

By Aaron Bialick | | 17 Comments
While San Franciscans eagerly await the repeatedly-delayed launch of the Bay Area’s small-scale bike-share pilot program, which has now been downsized to a minuscule 700 bikes (350 of them in SF), Supervisor Scott Wiener says San Francisco needs to take the initiative to move ahead and launch a “full-scale system” throughout the city by next year. Wiener plans […]

Bikeway on Mission Street Would Cost More Than One on Market

By Aaron Bialick | | 38 Comments
Constructing raised, protected bike lanes on downtown Mission Street would cost more than building them on Market, according to SF Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin. The Mission bikeway proposal, which recently surfaced as an option to be studied in the repeatedly-delayed Better Market Street project, would entail abandoning long-sought bike safety improvements on Market, which is […]

Supervisors London Breed and Norman Yee Talk Transportation Priorities

By Aaron Bialick | | 29 Comments
San Francisco has two new faces on the Board of Supervisors: London Breed, representing District 5, and Norman Yee, representing District 7, both inaugurated last month after winning election in November. At a meeting of the Inner Sunset Park Neighbors last week, Streetsblog asked the two San Francisco natives to talk about their priorities for […]

Mark Farrell Suddenly “Strongly Opposed” to Expanding Parking Meters

By Aaron Bialick | | 3 Comments
Somewhat inexplicably, D2 Supervisor Mark Farrell has suddenly come out as “strongly opposed” to the expansion of parking meters. At a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, he called for a hearing to scrutinize the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s parking meter expansion plans, apparently concerned about new meters that will create parking turnover in his district, […]
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