Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

Today, Block Parties Need Permits. Tomorrow, Could They Be Permanent?

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 31, 2011 | 6 Comments

The demand for car-free streets in San Francisco is easy to see at the Sunday Streets events around the city. If there’s no Sunday Street in your neighborhood, though, not to worry: You can bring a car-free event right to your doorstep. With a little outreach to your neighbors, a permit application, and a fee, […]

Two-Way McAllister Provides a Direct Route for 5-Fulton Riders

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 8, 2011 | 12 Comments

Two-way access on the east end of McAllister Street has been restored for Muni buses, bicycles, and commercial vehicles, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced last week. The conversion, completed last Thursday, provides a more direct route to Market Street for the 5-Fulton Muni line, which has long been forced to detour off […]

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. […]

25 MPH Speed Limits on Harrison and Bryant Approved at SFMTA Hearing

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 22, 2011 | 18 Comments

SFMTA staff approved a measure today to lower speed limits on Harrison and Bryant Streets form 30 MPH to 25 MPH in the South of Market (SoMa) District. Harrison and Bryant are the third and fourth east-west corridors in SoMa to have their speed limits lowered after the board approved reductions on Folsom and Howard […]

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 […]

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