Recent Streetsblog SF posts about DPW

17th Street Closure Will Be First NYC-style Plaza in San Francisco

By Matthew Roth | Mar 25, 2009 | 51 Comments

The future site of a pedestrian plaza at 17th and Market Streets Don’t look now, but NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan’s magic may have rubbed off on DPW Director Ed Reiskin, to San Francisco’s benefit. Reiskin has been leading a multi-agency effort to close a small portion of 17th Street where it meets Market Street […]

Little Brother is Watching

By Matthew Roth | Mar 23, 2009 | 4 Comments

A sample case from SeeClickFix’s San Francisco database The next generation of community-driven reporting of quality-of-life issues–like potholes, graffiti, garbage buildup, or broken street lights–is SeeClickFix, a mapping software that enables users to populate a map with cases that are then forwarded to the responsible city agency. Much like a 311 system, SeeClickFix’s software is […]

Eyes on the Street: A Curb Cut We Can Believe In

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 18, 2009 | 6 Comments

Taylor Street at Sutter. If you’ve pedaled or walked Sutter Street lately, or happen to live on Sutter like me, you’ve probably noticed the curb ramps and streets being torn up. It’s all part of DPW’s $1.2 million Sansome and Taylor Street Pavement Renovation Project, which began in early February. According to the DPW’s Christine […]

Planning Unveils Street Design Toolkit in the Mission

By Matthew Roth | Mar 13, 2009 | 8 Comments

Flexible parking during Park(ing) Day in front of Ritual Coffee on Valencia Street At a well-attended community workshop in the Women’s Center auditorium on Wednesday night, the Planning Department presented the Mission Streetscape Plan (MSP), a set of tools for transforming streets in the Mission (large PDF). Some of the proposed concepts are tried and […]

DPW Agrees to Delay Pedestrian Median Fence on Potrero Ave

By Matthew Roth | Mar 12, 2009 | 3 Comments

DPW says the Potrero median fence will resemble this one on Van Ness In a closed meeting of agency staff this morning, the DPW agreed to delay the construction of a median fence on Potrero Avenue between 25th Street and Cesar Chavez until they conduct further community outreach in conjunction with Supervisor David Campos’ office. […]

Mission Neighbors Upset Over Proposed Pedestrian Fence

By Matthew Roth | Mar 11, 2009 | 31 Comments

A group of skaters stopped on the Potrero Avenue median half-way between 26th and Cesar Chavez Some community members in the Mission are upset that the MTA has proposed building a fence along a median on Potrero Avenue between Cesar Chavez and 25th Street to prevent jaywalking. Owing to the success of the recently […]