Delightful Density: A Presentation by Planner Dan Zack

By Abigail Shull
Feb 17, 2010

"Come see planner Dan Zack, renowned for the incredible success of Redwood City’s Downtown revitalization and innovative parking system, to deliver his presentation, Delightful Density: Strategies for Comfort, Convenience and Choice in the Cities of the New Reality."

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SF Bike Share Will Be “For Anybody Who Wants to Make a Short Trip”

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 29, 2012

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 […]

New Renderings, Details on Car-Free Areas From “Better Market Street”

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 18, 2013

The vision for Market Street (and potentially Mission) is becoming clearer with the release of new renderings of streets and plazas at public workshops for the “Better Market Street” project this week. Planners presented renderings of specific stretches of Market, including redesigns for both UN and Hallidie Plaza (where the Powell Station entrance would be […]

SPUR Lunchtime Forum: The Parking Problem: Balancing local needs with regional aims

By Valerie Carrasco | Dec 22, 2009

"To someone circling the block looking for a space, nothing seems like a more personal transportation challenge than parking. But in addition to being a local issue, every car, parking space, meter and curb in the Bay Area comprises a much larger regional challenge—as planners try to accommodate all modes of movement (cars, transit, bicycles […]

The Dublin/Pleasanton line. Image: Wikimedia Commons

BART Board Gets Closer to Dublin/Pleasanton Line Extension Decision

By Roger Rudick | Apr 26, 2018

The BART Board of directors spent two and a half hours this morning debating and hearing from staff and constituents about a proposed $1.6 billion extension of the Dublin/Pleasanton branch to Livermore.

Planning for the Future of San Francisco’s Hub Neighborhood

By Roger Rudick | Apr 14, 2016

About a hundred planners, developers, neighbors, and interested citizens crowded into a conference room at One South Van Ness yesterday evening for a presentation from the San Francisco Planning Department on their plans for the area immediately around the intersection of Market and Van Ness, also known as the Hub. The Hub, of course, got its […]

Protected Bike Lanes, Dual Bus Lanes Still Left Out of Potrero Ave. Plan

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 25, 2013

The latest proposals for a redesign of Potrero Avenue include no protected bike lanes and only one transit lane, while the removal of any of the street’s four lanes devoted primarily to private car traffic remains off the table. Planners from the SFMTA and the Department of Public Works presented two design options at an […]