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Mission’s People-Friendly Block on Bartlett Faces Fire Code, Parking Hurdles

By Aaron Bialick | May 30, 2013 | 29 Comments

One day each week, the block of Bartlett Street between 21st and 22nd Streets bustles for a few hours when it’s transformed into the Mission Community Market. On all the other days, however, it mostly serves as a parking lot. The Planning Department and organizers from the Community Market held a packed public meeting yesterday […]

Man on Bike Killed by Garbage Truck Driver at 16th and South Van Ness

By Aaron Bialick | May 23, 2013 | 128 Comments

A Recology garbage truck driver ran over and killed a man on a bike at 16th Street and South Van Ness Avenue this morning at about 6:45 a.m., according to the SF Chronicle: A witness said the truck, which was paralleling the male bicyclist on eastbound 16th, tried to make a right turn onto southbound […]

Park Areas Under Central Freeway Downsized to Retain Caltrans Parking

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 25, 2013 | 8 Comments

A plan to convert parking lots under the Central Freeway near Duboce and Valencia Streets into a skate park and dog run is moving forward, but it won’t include basketball courts or a children’s playground as originally envisioned by residents. Because the city will have to lease the land from Caltrans, which owns and collects […]

SFPD’s Warped Street Safety Priorities at Work on Harrison and 15th

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 1, 2013 | 25 Comments

Officers with the SF Police Department have recently been spotted wagging their fingers at bicycle riders for neglecting to stop at a stop sign on northbound Harrison Street at 15th Street, where the “stop” line doesn’t run through the bike lane like they normally do at intersections. Since Harrison and 15th is a three-way “T” […]

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Potrero Safety Upgrades Could Include a Wider Sidewalk, If Car Parking Goes

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 28, 2013 | 17 Comments

Four blocks of Potrero Avenue, from 21st to 25th Street at SF General Hospital, could be made safer under proposals from the Department of Public Works to extend sidewalks, narrow the roadway, and plant existing median space. But whether the street’s narrow 9-foot sidewalks will be widened to 15 feet on the east side depends […]

SFMTA’s NE Mission Parking Management Plan Rounding Into Form

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 26, 2013 | 12 Comments

Efforts to reduce traffic caused by drivers circling for parking in the northeast Mission took another step forward last week when the SF Municipal Transportation Agency presented its revised proposal for the expansion of parking meters and permit regulations. Opposition seems to have slightly dwindled compared to the first neighborhood meeting in November, though the […]

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