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Planning Commission Votes Unanimously to Certify Bike Plan EIR

By Matthew Roth | Jun 25, 2009 | 6 Comments

After three years of waiting, three years without a single bicycle infrastructure improvement in San Francisco, the Planning Commission tonight unanimously certified the Bike Plan EIR, the first step necessary to lift the bicycle injunction. "We are so thrilled and relieved. This was a big step forward to getting the bike plan back on track," […]

Meeting to Certify Bike Plan EIR Tonight, Red Tape Likely to Follow

By Matthew Roth | Jun 25, 2009 | 19 Comments

Photo: SFBC The meeting San Francisco bicycle advocates and commuters have been waiting three years for, the first of several steps required to lift the bike injunction, will take take place at City Hall Room 400 at 6:30 pm tonight. SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum said, “This will be a win-win for San Francisco. Improving […]

After Three Years, SF Bike Injunction is Closer to Being Lifted

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 22, 2009 | 18 Comments

Flickr photo: dustinj Three years after a judge prohibited any bicycle improvements in San Francisco, the MTA Board and the Planning Commission are expected to finally approve and adopt the EIR and the Bike Plan this week, and legislate at least 45 of the 56 projects, which could bring up to 34 miles of new […]

For a City of Panhandles! Copenhagenize it!

By Chris Carlsson | May 19, 2009 | 14 Comments

Mona Caron’s rendition of 24th and Folsom after we’ve made a few basic changes. (Thanks to Mona Caron for this image, originally published in the Bay Guardian in 2006.) We’ve been waiting for years now to see some physical changes to accommodate the huge increase in daily bicycling. We did get an odd set of […]

Eyes on the Street: It’s Beginning to Look Like… a Livable Street!

By Bryan Goebel | May 8, 2009 | 3 Comments

Photo by Nick Perry. New sign at the corner of 17th Street and Noe. Photos by Bryan Goebel. A portion of 17th Street in the Castro is being closed to cars at Market this weekend, marking the beginning of San Francisco’s first trial street closure. The two DPT workers installing the new signs late this […]

17th Street Closure Will Be First NYC-style Plaza in San Francisco

By Matthew Roth | Mar 25, 2009 | 51 Comments

The future site of a pedestrian plaza at 17th and Market Streets Don’t look now, but NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan’s magic may have rubbed off on DPW Director Ed Reiskin, to San Francisco’s benefit. Reiskin has been leading a multi-agency effort to close a small portion of 17th Street where it meets Market Street […]

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