Mission Streetscape Meeting
"Come to the 5th Mission Streetscape Plan Community Workshop. Design
updates on specific projects in the Mission District will be presented
and feedback is encouraged."
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Folsom Street Road Diet Includes Bike Lanes, Bus Bulbs in the Mission
By Aaron Bialick |
A redesign of Folsom Street in the Mission District aimed at calming motor traffic and improving conditions for walking and bicycling is one step closer to becoming a reality. A proposal to add bike lanes and bus bulbs is now on its way to the SFMTA Board of Directors. The street “was identified through the Eastern Neighborhoods process […]
Gentrification Fears Threaten to Derail Mission Street Improvements
By Aaron Bialick |
Mission District residents who equate streetscape improvements with rising rents dominated a community meeting discussion yesterday about public space upgrades along Mission Street. It was the Planning Department’s latest public meeting about its Mission Street Public Life Plan, an effort to envision Mission Street “as a vital transit corridor with art, commerce and new public spaces for people […]
When Streets Are Torn Up, SF Agencies Are Failing to Build Them Back Safer
By Aaron Bialick |
Opportunities to expand sidewalks and make streets safer go to waste too often when the pavement is torn up in SF. A year ago, the city announced efforts to improve coordination between agencies so that when a street undergoes repairs, safety measures are added, saving time and money in addition to saving lives. But agencies still […]
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 […]
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes, Road Diet on Folsom in the Mission
By Aaron Bialick |
The Mission’s stretch of Folsom Street, between 19th and 24th Streets, just got safer with bike lanes and a road diet striped along with a road-repaving. Formerly two general traffic lanes in each direction, the street now consists of one bike lane and one general lane on each side, resulting in a calmer environment and […]
SFMTA Stripes Bike Lanes on Folsom Street Connecting SoMa and the Mission
By Aaron Bialick |
The SFMTA striped new bike lanes on Folsom Street between 13th and 19th Streets last week, creating a safer and more direct connection for bike commuters between SoMa and the Mission. The bike lanes, which came along with a road diet and street re-paving, were called for in the Mission Streetscape Plan. They provide a continuous connection […]