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Eyes on the Street: Bike Traffic Signals Going in at Page and Stanyan

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 25, 2012 | 13 Comments

A new set of traffic lights that include bicycle-specific signals were erected at Page and Stanyan Streets this week at the recently renovated Golden Gate Park entrance in the Upper Haight. Crews said the lights should be activated in roughly a few weeks, though they couldn’t confirm a date. The crossing connects a route from Page to John […]

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SFMTA Brings Humane, Two-Way Traffic Back to Ellis and Eddy

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 24, 2012 | 7 Comments

The SFMTA began converting several blocks of Ellis and Eddy to two-way streets in the Tenderloin last week. The conversion is expected to calm motor traffic on the former multi-lane, one-way arterial streets designed to rush car traffic through one of the city’s densest neighborhoods. “Converting one-way streets to two-way is a proven way to slow traffic, […]

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New Car-Free GG Park Sunday Streets Route Kicks Off This Weekend

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 13, 2012 | 3 Comments

Head out to the Avenues for some car-free action this weekend at Sunday Streets in Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway. Don’t forget: the route through Golden Gate Park is slightly different this year. At Transverse Drive, the route switches over from John F. Kennedy Drive to Martin Luther King along the western section. Activities in […]

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Bike Lane Progress on JFK, Bayshore, Cesar Chavez, and Cargo Way

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 6, 2012 | 27 Comments

Bike network expansions are going in at a rapid clip so far this spring. In Golden Gate Park, parking-protected bike lanes on John F. Kennedy Drive are mostly finished on the stretch in front of the Conservatory of Flowers, and drivers already seem to be picking up on the new parking arrangement. Progress on new […]

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New Plan Would Transform Three Alleyways in West SoMa

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 28, 2012 | 14 Comments

Three alleyways in the city’s motor-dominated South of Market (SoMa) area could be transformed into pedestrian-friendly havens with a new plan approved by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) Board yesterday. The Western SoMa Neighborhood Transportation Plan would bring traffic-calming measures like chicanes, greening, pedestrian bulb-outs and raised crosswalks along Minna and Natoma Street between […]

Planning Commission OKs Parking-Saturated Condo Project at Embarcadero

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 23, 2012 | 15 Comments

A luxury waterfront condo and parking garage development is on its way to the central Embarcadero, even though it would add three times the number of residential parking spaces allowed by law, plus 255 public spaces, to one of San Francisco’s most transit-rich destinations. The SF Planning Commission approved the environmental impact report for the […]

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