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SF Bike Share Will Be “For Anybody Who Wants to Make a Short Trip”
By Aaron Bialick |
The SFMTA has released a preliminary map of potential bike-share station locations (H/T Cyclelicious for inputting them into Google). San Franciscans are burning with curiosity about the imminent arrival of bike share this summer. At a forum held by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association yesterday, participants wanted to know details like where the […]
This Week: Downtown S.F., Board Meeting, Smart City Cycling
By Roger Rudick |
Here is a list of events this week.
Supes Urge Regional Funding for Complete Street Redesign of Masonic
By Aaron Bialick |
The plan to overhaul deadly Masonic Avenue with pedestrian safety upgrades and raised, protected bike lanes could get much of its funding from a regional grant program. The Masonic project has received a strong endorsement from three members of the Board of Supervisors, who sent a letter last week to the head of the SF County […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Aaron Bialick |
This week, the SF Planning Department kicks off its Green Connections Carnaval, the downtown bicycle parking ordinance goes before a Board of Supervisors committee, TransForm kicks off its regional Healthy Transportation Network, and more. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday: The SF Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee meets. On the […]
Northern California High-Speed Rail Scoping Meeting
By Roger Rudick |
Monday evening the California High Speed Rail Authority, in conjunction with Caltrain, held a scoping meeting at the William J. Rutter Center at UCSF in Mission Bay. They answered public questions and took comment on plans to electrify Caltrain and bring high-speed trains from Bakersfield to San Francisco by 2029. Streetsblog readers will recall that […]
Subway Metadata Master Plan
By Roger Rudick |
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. From a release on the meeting from Supervisor Scott Wiener’s office: Today at the Land Use […]