Recent Streetsblog SF posts about San Francisco Neighborhoods

ENUF Delays Mission Parking Meters by Protesting the Wrong Ordinance

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 6, 2013 | 7 Comments

The Eastern Neighborhoods United Front, a group publicly represented by resident Mari Eliza, apparently turned out enough speakers and letters to postpone the approval of parking meters requested by merchants in the Mission at a hearing Friday. But in what appears to be a misinterpretation of the hearing notice, Eliza called on residents to protest […]

Parking-Obsessed Extremists Threaten Plan for Safer Walking on Potrero

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 29, 2013 | 58 Comments

Update: A petition in support of wider sidewalks on Potrero has been created. In what may be a new low for selfish opposition to street safety measures, flyers and a petition full of misinformation are being circulated against wider sidewalks on Potrero Avenue. Believe it or not, this one’s not a joke, and the city may water down its pedestrian […]

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Inner Richmond’s First Sunday Streets Lively With Llamas and Humans

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 28, 2013 | 5 Comments

Despite the cloudy weather, Clement and Arguello Streets were bustling yesterday during the first Sunday Streets in the Inner Richmond — the first Sunday Streets to come to the west side’s neighborhood streets. (The other events have all been in Golden Gate Park and on the Great Highway.) With the event tied in with Clement’s on-street […]

Han Cheng Li, 62, Killed by Driver at 16th and Potrero

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 28, 2013 | 16 Comments

Han Cheng Li, 62, was struck and killed by a driver on 16th Street at Potrero Avenue in the Mission at about 11:38 p.m. Saturday night, according to reports. Police have not released details about how the crash occurred or the name of the driver, but he has been identified as a 54-year-old man. Li […]

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Haight-Market Contra-Flow Bus Lane, Ped Upgrades Coming Next Summer

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 25, 2013 | 12 Comments

Construction of a red contra-flow bus-only lane and pedestrian safety upgrades at the hairy intersection of Market, Haight, and Gough Streets is on track to begin in January and be completed next summer, according to the SFMTA. The plan to create a more direct route for riders on Muni’s 71-Haight/Noriega and 6-Parnassus lines, approved by the […]

SFMTA Shops Folsom Buffered Bike Lane at Crowded Community Meeting

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 24, 2013 | 5 Comments

The SFMTA’s proposal to widen the Folsom Street bike lane with a buffer zone and remove a general traffic lane drew significant turnout at a community meeting in SoMa yesterday evening. The project, set to be installed by the end of the year, seems to have strong support from residents and livable streets advocates as […]

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