Planning on The Edge: Conversations with North American Planning Directors
A conversation with the Planning Directors of six of North America’s most innovative cities, including San Francisco, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, and New York.
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Planning Chiefs: Urban Planning Still Hindered by Politics, Past Mistakes
By Michael Rhodes |
Over 200 people showed up to hear planning directors speak. Photo: Michael Rhodes City planners have been on the hook for some of the last century’s greatest metropolitan mishaps: urban freeways and "slum clearance," arbitrary minimum parking requirements, and land use laws that have left little room for the mingling of uses. Understandably, today’s planners […]
SPUR Forum: Crossing Borders: Oakland and San Francisco
By Aaron Bialick |
From SPUR: Image courtesy of Flickr user Tim Gallagher Though physically separated by the San Francisco Bay, Oakland and San Francisco are inextricably linked through their economies, housing markets and the hundreds of thousands of people who cross the bay each day. Come hear both cities’ planning directors in a conversation on some of the […]
Director’s Forum: San Francisco’s Response to the Sustainable Communities Strategy
By Aaron Bialick |
From SF Planning: Senate Bill 375, adopted in October 2008, requires the Bay Area’s regional agencies – the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), our regional transportation organization, and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), our regional planning agency – to develop an integrated transportation, land-use and housing plan known as a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS). […]
SFMTA Board Meeting: Second Street Protected Bike Lanes
By Aaron Bialick |
Agenda Article for background From SFMTA [PDF]: The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors will be considering proposed traffic and parking improvements associated with San Francisco Public Works’ Second Street Improvement Project. This project is a key part of San Francisco’s Vision Zero initiative of eliminating traffic deaths. The project seeks to create […]
Mayor Lee Appoints Planning Commissioner Gwyneth Borden to SFMTA Board
By Aaron Bialick |
Gwyneth Borden will fill a year-old vacancy on the SFMTA Board of Directors, Mayor Ed Lee announced today. Borden has sat on the Planning Commission since 2008 and is the executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association. As a planning commissioner, Borden has exhibited a largely progressive view on issues such as permitting developments without car parking. […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Aaron Bialick |
This week, SPUR launches its Reclaim Market Street! Exhibition, have a beer at the East Bay Bike Party to benefit the EBBC, and Sunday Streets reclaims car-free space from NoPa to Japantown. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: The SFMTA Board of Directors meets. The San Francisco Transit Riders Union encourages you to show your […]