Recent Streetsblog SF posts about David Chiu

Fearmongering Overwhelms Facts at Meeting About Livable Polk Street

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 19, 2013 | 103 Comments

A mob mentality ruled at a neighborhood meeting last night on safety improvements for Polk Street, where attendees booed any suggestion that removing car parking to make room for pedestrian and bicycle amenities might be worthwhile. Fact-based discussion was in short supply at the Middle Polk Neighborhood Association meeting. Instead, hyperbole and misinformation were the […]

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Bikeway on Mission Street Would Cost More Than One on Market

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 27, 2013 | 38 Comments

Constructing raised, protected bike lanes on downtown Mission Street would cost more than building them on Market, according to SF Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin. The Mission bikeway proposal, which recently surfaced as an option to be studied in the repeatedly-delayed Better Market Street project, would entail abandoning long-sought bike safety improvements on Market, which is […]

Chinatown Businesses Thrive During a Week Without Car Parking

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 24, 2012 | 6 Comments

What would happen if, one day, the city decided to make better use of the car parking on a commercial corridor like Stockton Street in Chinatown? “What about the businesses?” opponents might exclaim. “Where would their customers park?” The myth of the urban driving shoppers was debunked again over the past week or so, when […]

Tepid Response from SFMTA, Mayor on Car-Free Market Resolution

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 23, 2011 | 13 Comments

In a unanimous vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week passed Supervisor and mayoral candidate David Chiu’s resolution calling on the SFMTA to initiate more pilot projects on Market Street to further restrict private auto traffic and make it car-free on a trial basis in advance of the 2015 redesign. The 11 votes […]

Bike Coalition Endorses John Avalos for Mayor Followed by Chiu, Lee

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 15, 2011 | 1 Comment

John Avalos Rides SF from John Avalos on Vimeo. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition announced today that it is endorsing John Avalos as its number one pick for mayor, followed by David Chiu and Ed Lee. Avalos, the District 11 supervisor, has been especially aggressive about courting the bicycle vote, showing up at bike events, and […]

Growing Momentum for a Car-Free Market Street Ahead of 2015 Repaving

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 14, 2011 | 15 Comments

An unprecedented planning effort is currently underway to redesign Market Street, and transform it into a grand car-free thoroughfare in 2015, when it’s scheduled to be repaved. But why should we have to wait that long for a car-free Market Street? There is a growing momentum to do more aggressive trials that would inform the […]

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