Recent Streetsblog SF posts about DPW

Potrero Safety Upgrades Could Include a Wider Sidewalk, If Car Parking Goes

By Aaron Bialick | | 17 Comments
Four blocks of Potrero Avenue, from 21st to 25th Street at SF General Hospital, could be made safer under proposals from the Department of Public Works to extend sidewalks, narrow the roadway, and plant existing median space. But whether the street’s narrow 9-foot sidewalks will be widened to 15 feet on the east side depends […]

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 […]

Delayed Again, “Better Market Street” Could Move Bikeway to Mission Street

By Aaron Bialick | | 58 Comments
The latest news from the Better Market Street project could be a setback for implementing a safe, accessible bike network in San Francisco — not just because construction has been pushed back to 2017, four years past the original date — but because one of the three proposals that planners will study involves building a […]

Planners Refine Ped Upgrades, Protected Bike Lane Designs for Second Street

By Aaron Bialick | | 3 Comments
The developing plan to overhaul Second Street with protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety upgrades took another step forward yesterday when staff from the SF Municipal Transportation Agency, the Department of Public Works, and the Planning Department presented more refined design options to the public. Under the proposal, the entire one-mile length of Second Street would be […]

DPW Begins Work on Market/Valencia Left-Turn Bike Signal

By Aaron Bialick | | 10 Comments
Construction has begun on a left-turn bicycle traffic signal and queuing lane that will help bicycle riders turn on to Valencia Street from westbound Market Street, according to the SF Department of Public Works. Originally expected to begin last month, work on the project started yesterday, said DPW spokesperson Rachel Gordon, and it should be […]
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