Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Livable Streets

Streets Bond Measure Headed to November Ballot

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 29, 2011 | 10 Comments

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of occasional stories on the “2011 Road Repaving and Street Safety Bond.” A $248 million streets bond measure being pushed by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and other electeds is on its way to the November ballot after being approved this week in a 9-2 vote […]

Neighborhood Outreach Continues for Fell and Oak Bikeways

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 27, 2011 | 31 Comments

Fourteen years of community-driven efforts to improve conditions on Fell and Oak Streets around the Panhandle are finally paying off. The outreach continues on a vision for separated bikeways that would provide San Franciscans safe access to the flattest route connecting the western neighborhoods to areas east while making the neighborhood more livable for residents and businesses. […]

McCoppin Street: From Streetcar Hub to the Central Freeway

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 19, 2011 | 26 Comments

Eight years ago, the Central Freeway fell, and the sky didn’t. The neighborhood long obscured by the structure came up for a year-long breath of air during its reconstruction. Author Carol Lloyd described the transformation in a 2003 San Francisco Chronicle article: The buildings are familiar, but they look brighter, prettier, somehow. There are big swooshes of empty […]

McCoppin Street Residents to Get Overdue Public Spaces

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 18, 2011 | 10 Comments

Residents just north of the Mission District who have lived in the shadow of the Central Freeway are beginning to see a glimmer of light. The city appears poised to move ahead with plans to bring street improvements and green space to the area, including a public plaza at the end of McCoppin Street that abuts the […]

How Should Auto Repair Shops Fit in San Francisco?

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 5, 2011 | 24 Comments

San Francisco’s many auto repair shops are mostly concentrated along its motor traffic sewers, but when they’re placed without restriction in the thick of restaurants, shops, and pedestrian traffic, can they hinder our city’s most valuable streets as desirable places to be? “Auto repair shops, and other auto-oriented uses like parking and gas stations, can […]

Danish Architect Jan Gehl on Cities for People: The Safe City

By Jan Gehl | Jun 13, 2011 | 9 Comments

Editor’s note: Streetsblog San Francisco is thrilled to launch a three-part series today by renowned Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts are from his book, “Cities for People” published by Island Press. Donate to Streetsblog SF and you’ll qualify to win a copy of the book, courtesy of Island […]

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