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This Week: Workplace of the Future, Vigil Ride, BART Extension Meeting
By Roger Rudick |
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 […]
Van Ness BRT Delayed 2 More Years After Caltrans Pushes Wider Car Lanes
By Aaron Bialick |
Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit is now scheduled to open in 2018, two years later than the previous target of 2016. It’s the latest setback for a project that was originally set to open in 2012. In fleshing out the conceptual design approved in June 2012, the SF County Transportation Authority “encountered greater than expected […]
This Week: Support a Safer Polk Street
By Streetsblog |
It’s San Francisco’s first Bike to School Week, and safer Polk Street supporters can help get the word out about the two open house meetings held by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency this Saturday and next Tuesday. Here are all the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: All Week: Forget Bike to School Day — this year, it’s Bike […]
Woman Killed at City Hall’s Doorstep, Right After Ped Safety Ceremony
By Aaron Bialick |
Priscila “Precy” Moreto, a 67-year-old employee in the City Controller’s Office, was run over and killed by a tour trolley driver within a wide, clearly-marked mid-block crosswalk on Polk Street, leading to the steps of City Hall, at about 11:30 a.m. yesterday. About 20 minutes earlier and just across the Civic Center Plaza, at McAllister […]
Supervisor Shocked to Hear Uber and Lyft Violate Bike and Transit Lanes
By Roger Rudick |
Some two-thirds of citations for driving in transit lanes and bike lanes, failing to yield to pedestrians, and other motor vehicle violations, are issued to Transportation Network Company (TNC) cars such as Uber and Lyft--this according to a study from the police department of violations in downtown San Francisco.
SF County Transportation Authority Balboa Park Citizens Advisory Committee
By Lisa Ratner |
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