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Some Residents Urge City to Make Bolder Safety Upgrades on Potrero

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 31, 2013 | 73 Comments

The city’s latest proposal to improve safety and transit service on Potrero Avenue is slightly different than earlier versions of the plan. While the redesign would expand pedestrian space, some residents at a public meeting yesterday pointed out that it could do much more to make the street safer for biking and walking. Staff from the Department […]

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Without City Leadership, “Pavement to Parks” Plazas May Lose Steam

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 21, 2013 | 4 Comments

When it comes to reclaiming street space for people, San Francisco’s Pavement to Parks program has paved the way with a national model showing how cities can embrace community-driven parklet projects. But when it comes to installing plazas, there seems to have been little movement since the first handful were created on “excess” road space […]

Bikeway on Mission Instead of Market: Does Anybody Think It’s a Good Idea?

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 18, 2013 | 52 Comments

Updated at 9 p.m. with street configuration diagram at bottom. Two public meetings on Better Market Street will be held on July 17 and 20, and a webinar will be held on July 18. The idea of building protected bike lanes on downtown Mission Street instead of Market Street, as proposed by the Department of Public […]

DPW to Re-Pave a Major Stretch of Market Street This Weekend

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 5, 2013 | 6 Comments

The outer lanes of Market Street will be re-paved between Van Ness Avenue and Sixth Street this weekend, the Department of Public Works announced today. The work is scheduled to start on Friday at 7 p.m. and finish within 24 hours. “This will be a major improvement to the city’s most important bicycling street,” said SF […]

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Wiener’s Proposals to Streamline Ped Safety Upgrades Pass Supes Committee

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 4, 2013 | 2 Comments

A package of legislation aimed at cutting through the bureaucratic red tape that encumbers the city’s progress on life-saving pedestrian safety measures was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee yesterday. The full board is expected to approve the proposals in the coming weeks. Supervisor Scott Wiener, who proposed […]

Details on 2nd Street Protected Bike Lanes, Ped Upgrades Come Into Focus

By Aaron Bialick | May 28, 2013 | 56 Comments

The plan for raised, parking-protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements on Second Street is shaping up after the Department of Public Works presented new details [PDF] last week. When completed in September 2016, the project is expected to transform Second into a far safer corridor with protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks, pedestrian bulb-outs, more […]

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