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Planning Department Releases Tentative Street Redesigns for Broadway

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 24, 2011 | 23 Comments

The Planning Department, working with the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC), the SFMTA and SFDPW, recently released three options for dramatically improving the pedestrian environment on a two-and-a-half block stretch of Broadway, a high-volume two-way arterial that cuts through North Beach and Chinatown, a neighborhood that is “the most densely populated urban area west of […]

Speak Out on Eastern Cesar Chavez at Tonight’s Community Workshop

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 24, 2011 | 3 Comments

The San Francisco Planning Department, the SFMTA and other city officials will present the new designs for Eastern Cesar Chavez Street to the community tonight, and a strong attendance is key. You’re encouraged to show up tonight and speak out in support of improvements that will transform the street environment for pedestrians and bicyclists. For […]

New Designs to Be Presented for Eastern Cesar Chavez Street

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 17, 2011 | 9 Comments

New designs have been drawn up for eastern Cesar Chavez Street and will be presented to the community next week, nearly two months after a contentious meeting in which attendees were told, just days before the striping of new bike lanes, that plans for a road diet were being scrapped by the Mayor’s Office and […]

Will New Trader Joe’s in Nob Hill Bring More Car Traffic?

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 6, 2011 | 28 Comments

Trader Joe’s announced last week that it is moving into a new location on Nob Hill, at the southwest corner of California and Hyde streets, where the lease for Cala Foods expires in late December. It’s a dense, transit-rich neighborhood that sits along the California cable car line. Given the popularity of TJ’s four other […]

Searching for Market Street’s True Identity

By Aaron Bialick | May 25, 2011 | 15 Comments

San Franciscans are dreaming big as Market Street’s transformation approaches in 2015, when the city’s most important street is scheduled to be redesigned and repaved. City planners are engaging with citizens to answer a century-old question: How can we make Market Street the glorious thoroughfare that it needs to be? Better Market Street, a collaborative project […]

Newcomb Ave. Sustainable Streetscape Model Breaks Ground in Bayview

By Aaron Bialick | May 11, 2011 | 6 Comments

Construction began on a model for sustainable streets in San Francisco today when Mayor Ed Lee and city officials broke ground on a block of Newcomb Avenue in the Bayview District, promising a much friendlier streetscape for residents and the environment. “You see a vision right in front of your door,” Mayor Lee told an […]

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