Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Livable Streets

Fell and Oak Street Neighbors Want Livable Streets, Not Residential Freeways

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 8, 2011 | 74 Comments

Parents seeking a vibrant, community-filled urban lifestyle filled with chance street corner chats on the walk to the grocery store may find living on Fell Street leaves a lot to be desired. That is, unless, crossing the street alongside four full lanes of car traffic is your idea of community. “It’s ridiculous,” says Daniel, a father of two […]

NOPNA Survey Confirms Support for ‘Boulevard’ Redesign of Masonic Ave

By Michael Helquist | Feb 28, 2011 | 80 Comments

North Panhandle neighbors gave significant support once again for a complete re-design of Masonic Avenue in an online survey completed by 377 residents. Of the total, 87 percent favored the Boulevard option as the best way to make Masonic a safer street for all users. The plan offers a complete package of traffic calming measures, […]

An Emerging New Bike Plan for San Francisco is a Bold Path Forward

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 19, 2010 | 170 Comments

After four years of an agonizing bicycle injunction that prevented the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) from adding any significant improvements to the city’s bike network, a judge earlier this year finally freed the SFMTA to begin building out the city’s long-promised Bicycle Plan. In short order, the SFMTA made some very noticeable improvements, […]

SFMTA to Name Bond Yee as Sustainable Streets Director

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 5, 2010 | 13 Comments

Yee at a press conference recently celebrating the Valencia Streetscape Improvement Project. Photo: Bryan Goebel. Bond Yee, a veteran traffic engineer who has spent thirty years designing and managing San Francisco’s streets, will be named to fill the recently created Sustainable Streets Director position permanently, Streetsblog has learned. Yee was appointed interim director of the […]

MTC Adopts Aggressive 15 Percent Target for Reducing Emissions by 2035

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 29, 2010 | 20 Comments

Photo: Keenahn The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), in a historic vote Wednesday that will help guide the future for more sustainable land use and transportation planning in the Bay Area, recommended a 15 percent per capita target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2035, the most aggressive goal to date among California’s metropolitan planning […]

The Future of the Better Streets Plan Hinges on Political Will

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 16, 2010 | 26 Comments

The Mayor holds up a copy of The Better Streets Plan at a press conference yesterday: "Eat your heart out Portland." Photo by Bryan Goebel. Standing in the glaring Mission District sun yesterday on a wide new sidewalk, before a crowd of advocates, city planners, merchants, construction crews, artists and many others celebrating the completion […]

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