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San Francisco Struggles to Finance and Build Livable Streets

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Folsom Street simulation with elements of the Better Streets Plan. Photo: SF Planning Department As San Francisco’s Better Streets Plan (BSP) street design manual nears environmental certification, many questions remain about financing street maintenance and how all of the agencies responsible for the city’s streets will work together to improve conditions for transit, walking, and […]

Streetfilms: Making a Better Market Street in San Francisco

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For decades, planners and transportation specialists have debated how San Francisco’s most important street could be re-visioned to  make it work better for transit, pedestrians, cyclists, shoppers, and those living on or near it. Now, as the Better Market Street Project moves forward with trial traffic diversions, the Art in Storefronts project, music and programming […]