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SFMTA Unveils 6th St. Proposal With Road Diet, Bike Lanes, Wider Sidewalks

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 25, 2013 | 59 Comments

SFMTA unveiled a proposal last week to redesign northern Sixth Street by trimming traffic lanes from four to two, widening sidewalks, and adding unprotected, green-painted bike lanes. Intersections on the stretch between Market and Howard Streets could also get features like raised crosswalks, speed tables (like speed bumps, but wider), and textured pavement to tame driving speeds. […]

For Cheng Jin Lai, Bicycling Was a Necessary Means to an Active Life

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 15, 2013 | 9 Comments

Safe streets advocates, family, and friends of Cheng Jin Lai gathered yesterday for a memorial service of the 78-year-old man who was killed by a Muni driver on October 18 while making a trip on his bicycle at the crash-prone intersection of Bryant, Division, and 11th Streets. The bicycle was Lai’s primary mode of transportation, […]

Potrero Ave. Safety Redesign Limps Toward the Finish Line

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 13, 2013 | 36 Comments

Updated 11/14, 2:34 p.m. with response from Supervisor David Campos below. Design options for the embattled plan to improve safety Potrero Avenue have come down to the two blocks between 22nd and 24th Streets in front of SF General Hospital. According to a vote via stickers placed on a board, most attendees at a public […]

SF’s First Painted Sidewalk Extensions Come to Sixth Street

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 12, 2013 | 22 Comments

A deadly stretch of Sixth Street received the city’s first painted sidewalk extensions last week, created using low-cost, temporary materials to help make pedestrians more visible. The SFMTA implemented the pilot project between Market and Harrison Streets — four blocks dense with residential hotels and shops — to help curb injuries while the agency develops plans […]

Tonight: Balance Out Pro-Parking Extremism and Support a Safer Potrero

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 7, 2013 | 3 Comments

Tonight’s open house meeting at SF General Hospital is your chance to show support for wider sidewalks and safer walking on Potrero Avenue. City planners, swayed by parking-obsessed extremists who are fighting wider sidewalks and disseminating misinformation about the project, will present new, heavily-watered down options that cut out sidewalk expansions to preserve car storage. Whereas […]

Supes Narrowly Reject EIR Appeal Against Car-Free Condos at 1050 Valencia

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 7, 2013 | 134 Comments

The proposed parking-free, 12-unit condo and retail development at 1050 Valencia Street narrowly cleared a hurdle Tuesday after a 6-5 vote by the Board of Supervisors, which rejected an appeal that contended the project should be required to have a full environmental impact report. The project, approved by the Planning Commission more than a year […]

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