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This Week: Downtown S.F., Board Meeting, Smart City Cycling
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Here is a list of events this week.
The Outside Lands Transpo Crunch: Bringing 65K People Per Day to GG Park
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For the fifth year, San Francisco’s transportation system will absorb one of its largest floods of travelers when 65,000 daily attendees descend upon Golden Gate Park this weekend for the three-day Outside Lands music festival. With festival goers traveling from near and far, promoters have tried each year to curb the number of people arriving […]
Wayfinding Signs: A Nice Touch for the Developing “Green Connections” Plan
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City planners continue developing a vision for a network of lush, pleasant streets prioritized for walking and biking between the city’s parks and waterfronts. Staff from the SF Planning Department plans to present its draft network [PDF] for the “Green Connections” project at an open house next Wednesday, October 3, and the public is invited to weigh […]
This Week: Workplace of the Future, Vigil Ride, BART Extension Meeting
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday today! Designing for the Unknown. When we think about the workplace of the future, are we thinking about the right things? What if we expanded our imaginings to include things like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, 3D printing or even the influence of Star Wars? Join SPUR […]
SFMTA Brings Back Parking Meter Planning to Tough Crowd in the NE Mission
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Following fierce opposition that led the SF Municipal Transportation Agency to roll back its first attempt to expand car parking meters in the northeast Mission, the agency re-started a community process last night to develop a plan for managing parking demand in the area. The meeting was seen as a litmus test for the public’s openness — and […]
New SFPD Park Station Captain’s Bike Crackdown Won’t Make Streets Safer
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@SFPDPark obviously no crackdown needed here! Looks perfectly safe, @Bob_Gunderson approved. pic.twitter.com/VrOCM1NPwj — kevin (@ku1313) June 14, 2015 In the name of “protecting life,” SFPD Park Station Captain John Sanford has promised a crackdown on people on bikes rolling through stop signs. The SF Bicycle Coalition and some neighborhood leaders are calling on Sanford not to divert […]