Transportation Mural Walking Tour
"Joel Pomerantz, coordinator of Mona Caron’s murals, including the Duboce Bike mural, gives an insider look at the murals’ themes of transportation’s past, present, and future."
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City Sets Out to Create Safer, Greener Streets on the Wiggle
By Aaron Bialick |
The Wiggle could be transformed into a greener, more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly route in the coming years thanks to a new planning effort launched by the SFMTA and the SF Public Utilities Commission. At an open house community meeting yesterday, planners shopped potential treatments like traffic diverters, traffic circles, bulb-outs, and raised crosswalks that could […]
SFMTA Pushes Red Transit Lanes on Church Street to January, Citing Rain
By Aaron Bialick |
Red-colored transit-only lanes on Church Street won’t come until some time in January, according to SF Municipal Transportation Agency spokesperson Paul Rose, who cited rainy weather as the reason for the delay. The project would be one of San Francisco’s first to add transit-only lanes with colorful pavement to emphasize that they’re off-limits to drivers. […]
More Upgrades at Church and Duboce, But Colored Transit Lanes Delayed
By Aaron Bialick |
New green-backed sharrows, Muni shelters, planters, art murals and more were installed in recent weeks as part of the ongoing improvements to the bike and transit hub at Duboce Avenue and Church Street. However, those waiting for the colored transit lanes on Church may be disappointed to hear they’ll have to wait another month. Although […]
Final Pavement to Parks Plaza Skips Trial, Becomes Semi-Permanent Park
By Matthew Roth |
Community groups, city staff and elected officials celebrated the opening of the final Pavement to Parks plaza this weekend, a new 7,500 square foot space that months before was a wide asphalt expanse notorious for speeding traffic and more than a few drivers doing donuts amid smoking tires and revved engines. City Attorney Dennis Herrera […]
Painting Eyes on the Street: Debut of SF’s Art in Storefronts Program
By Matthew Roth |
Artist Chor Boogie puts the finishing touches on his mural at 1028 Market St. Photo: Matthew Roth Building off Jane Jacob’s maxim that more eyes on a street make the street feel safer, the San Francisco Arts Commission has commissioned numerous artists to display their projects in abandoned storefronts as part of the Art in […]
Mission Community Market Hopes to Revitalize Dormant Street
By Matthew Roth |
Organizers of the nascent Mission Community Market hope to transform an underutilized block of Bartlett Street in the Mission into a thriving weekly market, where vendors sell their goods and kids play in the street after school. As an initial test, the Mission Community Market Collaborative (MCMC) is throwing a block party and fundraiser on […]