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Vote to Hand Latham Square Back to Cars Bodes Ill for Downtown Oakland

By Alec MacDonald | | 6 Comments
After a trial public plaza at Latham Square was undercut by Oakland’s Planning and Building Manager, the Oakland City Council voted last week to reinstate two-way car traffic on the small, southernmost block of Telegraph Avenue, caving to merchants and developers pushing for unfettered car access. At their January 7 City Council meeting, Oakland council members considered […]

Dismissing SFFD’s Irrational Protests, SFMTA Approves Bulb-Outs at School

By Aaron Bialick | | 14 Comments
The SF Fire Department continues to make increasingly bizarre claims in opposition to sidewalk bulb-outs and narrower roadways. Last week, the SFMTA Board of Directors dismissed SFFD’s protests against six-foot bulb-outs at E.R. Taylor Elementary School in the Portola neighborhood. According to SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin, one of SFFD’s claims was that fire truck drivers would […]

DPW Tallies the Vote Before Committing to More Ped Space on Potrero

By Aaron Bialick | | 3 Comments
The Department of Public Works has selected a design option for the two most heavily-contested blocks of Potrero Avenue following a vote by attendees of two public meetings. Of the three choices presented for the section between 22nd and 24th Streets in front of SF General Hospital, the most popular was Option 1, which will allocate […]

With WalkFirst, SF Takes a Data-Driven Approach to Pedestrian Safety

By Aaron Bialick | | 2 Comments
The city recently launched the WalkFirst program to lay a data-driven, participatory foundation for the effort to attain the main goal of its Pedestrian Strategy — cutting pedestrian injuries in half by 2021. In the coming months, staff from the SFMTA, the Planning Department, the Controller’s Office, and the Department of Public Health will field public input […]
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