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Roundup: Hopkins Petition, Safety Report Card
Here are a few Streetsblog news nuggets to start your President's Day weekend.
February 21, 2023
San Francisco Roundup: Presidio GO Goes Electric, Amtrak Payment Pilot
...and nice job, SFMTA, with new Church and Market treatment
February 13, 2023
Open Letter to SFMTA: Stop Watering Down Slow Streets
Slow Streets started with unambiguous signs that made clear to drivers that Slow Streets were “closed to thru traffic.” Over time, they have been watered down, covered up, or not installed at all. This is the wrong direction for Slow Streets; we need SFMTA to do more, not less.
February 9, 2023
SF’s Central Subway Is Open. Let’s Look at Boondoggles and Why We End Up Needing Them
Big urban projects often look like disasters from the jump. Yet their value can take years to shine through.
February 2, 2023
Big Admission: ‘I Was Wrong About Sharrows’
Dave Snyder, currently the senior director for infrastructure at PeopleForBikes, was a key player in the proliferation of shared lane markings back when he was executive director of the California Bicycle Coalition. Twenty years later, he’s disillusioned with them.
January 25, 2023
Eyes on the Station: BART Celebrates 19th Street Modernization
If you're wondering where the money goes when you vote for a BART measure, as you did in 2016, here's an example
January 24, 2023
Can S.F. Make San Jose Avenue Safe?
Near popular Balboa Park, crashes are all too common. Residents have clamored for a safer corridor for years, with little effect.
January 13, 2023
SFMTA Board Rejects Candidate; Advocates Furious
Holding that housing is too expensive in San Francisco and scooters aren't the devil's work apparently disqualifies one from the SFMTA board
August 21, 2020
Using Metadata to Design a Subway Master Plan for San Francisco
Yesterday afternoon the Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors heard a presentation from transportation officials on efforts to design a "Subway Master Plan," a long-range blueprint for a subway network for San Francisco.
October 18, 2016
SF Meeting on Sidewalk Bulbs Gets Tense; SFMTA to Paint Demos
A public meeting in North Beach became tense yesterday as residents and firefighters opposed to basic street safety measures continued to assert that sidewalk bulb-outs are dangerous. To appease skeptics, the SFMTA announced that the bulb-outs planned at four intersections on Columbus Avenue will be tested first by installing painted "safety zones" in August. Construction of concrete versions will begin next year.
July 2, 2015