Recent Streetsblog SF posts about San Francisco Neighborhoods

Creating a Safer “Green Gateway” at Valencia and Mission Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 10, 2013 | 8 Comments

A chunk of roadway at Valencia and Mission Streets would be reclaimed to create a plaza designed to make the corner more pedestrian-friendly and absorb stormwater under a project led by the SF Public Utilities Commission. The Valencia and Mission Green Gateway Project would widen sidewalks and add greenery and permeable pavement treatments along the […]

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Planning Department Sets Out to Create “Living Alleys” Around Hayes Valley

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 10, 2013 | 8 Comments

The Planning Department held a community workshop yesterday to field ideas on how to turn the numerous alleyways in and around Hayes Valley into calmer, greener, more inviting respites from the major traffic-heavy streets. The “Living Alley Project” is an effort conceived in the Market Octavia Area Plan to re-think the neighborhood’s alleys as people-oriented […]

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DPW Looks to Add Some Green to Car-Clogged Central Irving Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 3, 2013 | 20 Comments

Most of the space on the busy commercial stretch of central Irving Street in the Sunset serves as a clogged parking lot, with rampant double parking and drivers circling the easternmost block to work around 19th Avenue’s left-turn bans. But while the car traffic and angled parking spots that eat up public space may not disappear […]

SFMTA Upgrades Embarcadero Bike Lanes to Green Status

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 2, 2013 | 36 Comments

The SFMTA painted the Embarcadero bike lanes green yesterday, which will hopefully help signal to drivers that it’s not a parking lane. The SFMTA Livable Streets team wrote on its Facebook page that the Port of SF helped get the paint on the ground in time for the Fourth of July and America’s Cup later […]

City Agencies Unveil Final Design for Bartlett “Mercado Plaza”

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 1, 2013 | 9 Comments

The final designs for a people-friendly block of Bartlett Street in the Mission were presented [PDF] last week by the Planning Department, Department of Public Works, the SFMTA, and the design firm Rebar. The plan retains the sidewalk extensions that are key to calming traffic and inviting social activity outside of events like the weekly Mission Community Market, when […]

City Officials Unveil a People-Friendly Street in Fisherman’s Wharf

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 20, 2013 | 7 Comments

Two blocks of Jefferson Street in Fisherman’s Wharf have been revamped to prioritize walking and biking after the project was expedited with support from political leaders. Car traffic on Jefferson between Hyde and Jones Streets has been tamed, with formerly one-way traffic now running two-way. Sidewalks were expanded with new planters and seating, on-street parking was removed, […]

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