Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Mayor Ed Lee

‘People Plan’ Could Speed Bike, Ped, Transit Improvements on Embarcadero

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 1, 2011 | 13 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has unveiled the People Plan [pdf], a document laying out strategies to meet the quickly approaching challenges of bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors to the city’s waterfront for the 2013 America’s Cup yacht race. Transit advocates see it as an opportunity to boost sustainable transportation and build out some […]

Despite Rain Threat, First 2011 Sunday Streets Graced with Some Sunshine

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

Despite the prevailing threat of rain, the clouds scattered for yesterday’s first Sunday Streets of 2011 from Fisherman’s Wharf to China Basin, allowing intermittent sunshine to grace the San Francisco waterfront. The event attracted thousands of people, including Mayor Ed Lee, who were able to tuck away their umbrellas and enjoy the car-free streets. The […]

Mayor Lee to Bring Sunday Streets to Chinatown and North Beach This Year

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 14, 2011 | 17 Comments

Chinatown and North Beach, the “densest neighborhoods west of the Mississippi,” are set to be graced by Sunday Streets for the first time this year, Mayor Ed Lee announced today. City leaders and advocates said they’re eager for the opportunity to let residents experience Grant Avenue and California Street free of car traffic. “Sunday Streets will be different […]

Cameron Beach and Jerry Lee’s Future as SFMTA Board Members Uncertain

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 4, 2011 | 12 Comments

Cameron Beach likes to mention that he started his career in public transportation forty six years ago sweeping buses. The 62-year-old semi-retired transportation consultant and former chief operating officer of the Sacramento Regional Transit District does know a lot about running a transit system. However, as Beach’s four-year term on the SFMTA Board of Directors […]

Mayor Lee Calls on SFMTA to Move Quickly on Fell Street Protected Bikeway

By Bryan Goebel and Michael Helquist | Feb 25, 2011 | 40 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee’s comments to Streetsblog earlier this week that he would like to “quickly” see a physically-separated bike lane trial on Fell Street along The Wiggle came as exciting news to bicycle advocates who are proposing a continuous green stretch along the curb from Scott to Stanyan Streets. “I want to get to that […]

Mayor Lee Must Make SFMTA Act Quickly on TEP Implementation

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 24, 2011 | 6 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, in an interview with Streetsblog this week, pledged to make the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) implementation his number one Muni priority. That’ll be no easy task, however. More than three years after the SFMTA Board unanimously approved a plan to give Muni its first major revamp in 20 years, the […]

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