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New “Better Streets” Website Helps Residents Untangle City Bureaucracy

By Aaron Bialick | May 16, 2012 | 1 Comment

The San Francisco Better Streets Program launched a new website this week to provide a central source of information to help residents procure street improvements like traffic-calming measures, parklets, bike corrals, plantings, art installations, sidewalk fixtures, and permits for car-free events in their neighborhood. The website, sfbetterstreets.org, “combines all the city’s guidelines, permit requirements, and […]

SFMTA Completes Implementation of 15-MPH Zones at 181 Schools

By Aaron Bialick | May 14, 2012 | 8 Comments

San Francisco became the first major city in California to implement all of its planned 15-MPH school zones, the SFMTA announced today. With proper enforcement, the measure promises make the streets surrounding 181 schools safer and more inviting for students and parents walking and biking. “This is a big step forward for everyone who walks in […]

SFMTA Stripes Bike Lanes on Folsom Street Connecting SoMa and the Mission

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 30, 2012 | 20 Comments

The SFMTA striped new bike lanes on Folsom Street between 13th and 19th Streets last week, creating a safer and more direct connection for bike commuters between SoMa and the Mission. The bike lanes, which came along with a road diet and street re-paving, were called for in the Mission Streetscape Plan. They provide a continuous connection […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Traffic Signals Going in at Page and Stanyan

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 25, 2012 | 13 Comments

A new set of traffic lights that include bicycle-specific signals were erected at Page and Stanyan Streets this week at the recently renovated Golden Gate Park entrance in the Upper Haight. Crews said the lights should be activated in roughly a few weeks, though they couldn’t confirm a date. The crossing connects a route from Page to John […]

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SFMTA Brings Humane, Two-Way Traffic Back to Ellis and Eddy

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 24, 2012 | 7 Comments

The SFMTA began converting several blocks of Ellis and Eddy to two-way streets in the Tenderloin last week. The conversion is expected to calm motor traffic on the former multi-lane, one-way arterial streets designed to rush car traffic through one of the city’s densest neighborhoods. “Converting one-way streets to two-way is a proven way to slow traffic, […]

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New Plan Would Transform Three Alleyways in West SoMa

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 28, 2012 | 14 Comments

Three alleyways in the city’s motor-dominated South of Market (SoMa) area could be transformed into pedestrian-friendly havens with a new plan approved by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) Board yesterday. The Western SoMa Neighborhood Transportation Plan would bring traffic-calming measures like chicanes, greening, pedestrian bulb-outs and raised crosswalks along Minna and Natoma Street between […]

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