Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Planning Department

Planning Dept. Presents Draft Designs for a Ped-Friendly Castro Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 24, 2013 | 10 Comments

The city’s effort to make Castro Street more welcoming for pedestrians took a step forward yesterday, when the SF Planning Department presented preliminary design concepts at a packed community meeting. The plan [PDF] would improve the pedestrian realm on the commercial corridor with wider sidewalks, sidewalk seating, pedestrian-scaled lighting, small plazas, and greening, while reclaiming some […]

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Neighbors Welcome a Calmer, Greener Bryant Street Near Cesar Chavez

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 15, 2013 | 8 Comments

Residents are enjoying a more livable outer Bryant Street since the city implemented a road diet last month, reducing four traffic lanes to two (plus left-turn bays at some intersections) between 23rd and Cesar Chavez Streets. Neighbors joined Friends of the Urban Forest on Sunday on the block between 26th Street and Cesar Chavez to add […]

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San Franciscans Want to Link Parks With Safer Intersections, Living Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 3, 2013 | 4 Comments

Bringing safe bike infrastructure and shared, pedestrian-priority streets to San Francisco are just a couple of popular ideas among users on ImproveSF.com, a city-sponsored website which features a platform for residents to provide input on the Planning Department’s “Green Connections” project. Planners are fielding ideas from the Green Connections section of the website to help shape […]

Construction Begins on Pedestrian-Friendly Redesign of Fisherman’s Wharf

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 3, 2013 | 15 Comments

Crews began work yesterday on an overhaul of Jefferson Street in Fisherman’s Wharf that will expand pedestrian space, reduce the number of cars, and create a more welcoming public realm for the throngs of tourists that regularly crowd the street. Improvements on the first two blocks of Jefferson, between Jones and Hyde Streets, were fast-tracked […]

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City Moves Forward on a More Pedestrian-Friendly Castro Street

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 20, 2012 | 10 Comments

San Francisco’s world-famous commercial strip on Castro Street, which gained a popular pedestrian plaza in 2009, is poised to become a more inviting destination as the SF Planning Department develops plans to widen the sidewalks and install other improvements from 17th Street to 19th Street. The sidewalks on Castro, currently 12 feet wide, could reach widths up […]

Planning Department Looks to Boost Bike Parking Requirements

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 17, 2012 | 3 Comments

Buildings in San Francisco would be required to include more bicycle parking under legislation being developed by the Planning Department. The proposal [PDF] would set consistent guidelines for the number of bike racks required for different types of buildings — covering both on-street bike parking for visitors or in an enclosed area for residents and workers. […]

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