Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Mayor Newsom

Mayor Newsom Still Opposed to Extending Parking Meter Hours

By Matthew Roth and Bryan Goebel | Oct 1, 2009 | 11 Comments

Flickr photo: KayVee.INC Mayor Gavin Newsom has been quietly pressuring MTA Chief Nat Ford to delay or prevent proposals to extend parking meter hours on weeknights and Sundays, despite a looming mid-year MTA budget deficit and studies that show it’s good policy, Streetsblog has learned. A study on the parking management and revenue implications of […]

Transit to Trails Site Debuted And SF Announces Digital App Showcase

By Matthew Roth | Sep 25, 2009 | 3 Comments

We all know that you don’t have to go far from Bay Area cities to find some of the most beautiful mountains and epic beaches in the country, but you might be surprised how easy it is to get to those hikes and natural wonders without a car. Thanks to a beta website called Transit […]

Layoffs Hit Street Cleaning, Gardening Crews at DPW

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 11, 2009 | 4 Comments

DPW landscaping crews who’ve been working on the Pavement to Parks plazas are among those being cut. Flickr photo: Jamison San Franciscans are likely to see slower response times to street cleaning requests and a reduction in landscaping and tree maintenance in their neighborhoods following a number of layoffs announced this week at the Department […]

Market Street Pilot is an Encouraging Move by Mayor Newsom

By Matthew Roth | Sep 10, 2009 | 11 Comments

Photo: Arul Prasad Though much of the media reaction to Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Better Market Street Project is narrowly focusing on the traffic impacts of mandatory right-turns at two intersections on Market, the trial project will attempt to do much more to improve the public realm and public perception of San Francisco’s most iconic street. […]

San Francisco Moves to Remake Market Street

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 9, 2009 | 29 Comments

A highly conceptual image from the SFCTA of what a re-visioned Market Street could look like. Five San Francisco agencies, together with a number of community partners, will initiate a series of bold trials this month, which they hope will eventually help transform Market Street into a revitalized, thriving city thoroughfare, bustling with "activated public […]

Streetfilms: The Final Sunday Streets of 2009

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 8, 2009 | 5 Comments

Despite a blanket of fog, the last Sunday Streets of 2009 was, from all accounts, a smashing success, one of the most popular so far, with thousands of people enjoying four activity-filled hours of pristine car-free space through Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway. John Hamilton, who produced a very inspiring Streetfilm on San […]

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