Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Scott Wiener

Muni Tests Train With More Standing Room, Supes Breed and Wiener Approve

By Aaron Bialick | May 15, 2014 | 60 Comments

A Muni train car re-configured with fewer seats and more standing room was put into Metro service this week. According to the SFMTA, 14 “double-wide” seats were replaced with “single-wide” seats, adding a net capacity gain of “at least ten” riders to the car, which is a pilot project to squeeze more capacity onto Muni’s […]

SFFD “Imposing the Authority” to Demand Wider, Speedier Streets

By Aaron Bialick | May 13, 2014 | 27 Comments

The debate over whether San Francisco’s streets should be wider and less safe just to accommodate fire trucks was aired publicly at a City Hall hearing yesterday. Livable streets advocates and Supervisor Scott Wiener, who called the hearing, challenged the SF Fire Department’s insistence on wider roadways, particularly its recent eleventh-hour push to change street widths that […]

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Monday: Speak Out on SFFD’s Push for Wider Streets at City Hall

By Aaron Bialick | May 9, 2014 | 6 Comments

A City Hall hearing scheduled for Monday is your chance to weigh in on the SF Fire Department’s insistence on wider roadways to accommodate fire trucks, which has undermined and watered down a number of livable streets projects. Supervisor Scott Wiener called for the hearing, to be held at a meeting of the Land Use […]

Bike to Work Day at City Hall: Who Really Gets the Need for Safer Streets?

By Aaron Bialick | May 8, 2014 | 12 Comments

Another year, another Bike to Work Day press conference at City Hall. As city officials ride to the podium, the event serves as a bellwether of the city’s political commitment to making city streets safe enough for everyone to bicycle, regardless of age or experience. The mayor, most of the supervisors, and the heads of […]

Scott Wiener Proposes Measures to Curb SFFD’s Push for Wider Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 29, 2014 | 21 Comments

The San Francisco Fire Department has not let up in its fight against narrower roads in the city, protesting measures like bulb-outs and traffic lane removals that make streets safer. In one of the latest instances, SFFD has fought 20-foot-wide streets planned for two major redevelopments, going against years of planning and established city codes. The department […]

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Mini Plaza Creates Public Space, Not Carmageddon, at Market and Dolores

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 22, 2014 | 15 Comments

It’s happened again: street space was re-allocated from cars to people, and the unbearable traffic jams opponents warned of have failed to materialize. In fact, some of them even like the result now. At the southwest corner of Market and Dolores Streets, the sidewalk was extended to create a mini plaza last fall, as part of […]

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