Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Planning Department

Phelan Bus Loop Project, First in Balboa Area Plan, Gets Federal Funding

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 8, 2010 | 2 Comments

A reconfigured Phelan Bus Loop. Graphic: SF Planning Department A proposal to reconfigure the Phelan Bus Loop as part of the Balboa Park Station Area Plan received a major boost today with the announcement that the Federal Transit Administration has awarded the SFMTA more than $6.8 million for the project. In a statement, the FTA […]

SF Asks High Speed Rail to Study “Minor or Major Modifications” to I-280

By Matthew Roth | Jul 2, 2010 | 13 Comments

Portions of I-280 north of Cesar Chavez serve to divide city neighborhoods. Photo: Troy Holden. At the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) meeting on Wednesday, where the public was briefed on various alignment options for bringing high speed rail to the Transbay Terminal and 4th and King station, numerous people living in Potrero Hill, […]

Community Rallies Around Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan

By Matthew Roth | Jun 15, 2010 | 25 Comments

Rendering of Jefferson Street at Powell Street. Images: Dario Schoulund/SF Planning Dept. After several years of planning, including intense negotiations between merchants, property owners and neighbors who didn’t always see eye-to-eye, the San Francisco Planning Department unveiled a comprehensive draft plan last week to revitalize public space and pedestrian amenities around Fisherman’s Wharf, the second […]

Technology and Impotence

By Chris Carlsson | May 28, 2010 | 7 Comments

The BP oil spill goes on. And on. We watch the oil on live web cam pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. And we watch. Political rage is muted, practical responses even more distant. What to do? How do we “take action” on something like this? How can individuals meaningfully respond to this catastrophe? Stop driving? Boycott one brand of gas? Stop buying things made of plastic?

San Francisco’s Newest Public Space is in the Parking Lane in The Mission

By Matthew Roth | May 19, 2010 | 91 Comments

Installation began yesterday on the 22nd Street and Bartlett "parklet." Photos: Matthew Roth. After the tremendous success of the trial sidewalk extension, or "parklet," on Divisadero in front of the Mojo Bicycle Cafe, San Francisco planners set their eyes on 22nd Street near Bartlett Street in The Mission, where they have re-purposed three parking spaces […]

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