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Reaction to Market Street Pilot Seems Overwhemingly Positive

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 10, 2009 | 6 Comments

At Market and 7th Street, people already greatly outnumber cars. Photo: Michael Rhodes The series of trials scheduled to begin September 29 on Market Street are still seeping into the public’s awareness, but so far, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders seem to share an excitement about the plan, which will reduce traffic by forcing eastbound […]

San Francisco Moves to Remake Market Street

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 9, 2009 | 29 Comments

A highly conceptual image from the SFCTA of what a re-visioned Market Street could look like. Five San Francisco agencies, together with a number of community partners, will initiate a series of bold trials this month, which they hope will eventually help transform Market Street into a revitalized, thriving city thoroughfare, bustling with "activated public […]

Livable Streets Concerns Overshadowed at Geary Blvd BRT Meeting

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 28, 2009 | 9 Comments

Supervisor Eric Mar, right, sought to ease concerns and set straight untrue rumors about the Geary BRT project. Photos: Michael Rhodes At a community meeting in the Richmond last night, planners from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and Supervisor Eric Mar sought public input on the Geary Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit project – and […]

Farming, Park Parking and Empty Promises

By Chris Carlsson | Jul 13, 2009 | 22 Comments

The Potemkin Victory Garden during Slow Food Nation, August 2008. Gavin Newsom is running for President, er um, I mean Governor (you gotta take these things one step at a time). Maybe he’ll make it, maybe something will wreck his chances. It’s an interesting drama from the point of view of recent American history, as […]

Eyes on the Street: A New Crosswalk at Market, Golden Gate and Taylor

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 10, 2009 | 7 Comments

The new crosswalk surface at Market, Golden Gate and Taylor. Flickr photo: geekstinkbreath Hot on the heels of a mystery stenciler who couldn’t wait for bike lane improvements, the Department of Public Works has done some stenciling of its own at one of the city’s most hazardous intersections for pedestrians. On Thursday, crews worked to […]

Environmentalists Oppose Bridge Over Yosemite Slough

By Susan Vaughan | Jun 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

Artist’s rendering of new development at Hunter’s Point and Candlestick Point. Courtesy Lennar If all goes as planned for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development and one of the nation’s largest home builders, the Lennar Corporation, a causeway over the Yosemite Slough wetlands restoration project between Hunters Point and Candlestick […]

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