Asian Heritage Street Celebration and Free Bike Parking Provided by SFBC
"Culture, art, food, vendors, and…free valet bike parking can be found
at this year’s Asian Heritage Street Celebration in Civic Center."
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Fell Street Bike Lane Still Popular Among Bike Commuters, Parked Trucks
By Aaron Bialick |
The more than 1,800 people who use the buffered, curbside bike lane on Fell Street every weekday continue to be faced with a familiar hazard: parked trucks. As we’ve reported, drivers, including SFPD officers, routinely park in the Fell bike lane with impunity. The vast majority of violators appear to be accessing three businesses on Fell between Divisadero […]
As SFMTA Looks to Calm Traffic on Scott, Parking Warriors Get Loud
By Aaron Bialick |
The SFMTA held a public meeting last week about how to calm traffic on three blocks of Scott Street along the Wiggle. On the table are design features that would signal drivers to slow down and possibly prevent them from using the street as a cut-through route. Even though planners say the project may remove few, if any, […]
Parking Shared Cars Instead of Private Cars Isn’t Exactly “Privatization”
By Aaron Bialick |
The SFMTA’s endeavor to reserve on-street car parking spaces for car-share vehicles has yielded complaints from some car owners who, ironically, decry the “privatization” of space currently used to store private cars. These folks don’t seem to acknowledge the extensive research showing that each car-share vehicle replaces, on average, nine to 13 privately-owned cars. They should […]
Supes Narrowly Reject EIR Appeal Against Car-Free Condos at 1050 Valencia
By Aaron Bialick |
The proposed parking-free, 12-unit condo and retail development at 1050 Valencia Street narrowly cleared a hurdle Tuesday after a 6-5 vote by the Board of Supervisors, which rejected an appeal that contended the project should be required to have a full environmental impact report. The project, approved by the Planning Commission more than a year […]
Will the SFMTA Board Demand Complete Protected Bike Lanes on Polk Street?
By Aaron Bialick |
The watered-down re-design of Polk Street is expected to go up for approval by the SFMTA Board of Directors in March. But support seems stronger than ever for a bolder plan that includes protected bike lanes along the whole length of the corridor, as many residents and merchants call for safety to be a higher priority […]
Proposed East Bay Bike-Share Sites Announced
By Melanie Curry |
Note: This story has been corrected since it was originally posted. Thank you to sharp-eyed readers. Bay Area Bike Share released a map of proposed sites for bike-share stations in the East Bay today. Proposed sites for expansion into San Francisco and San Jose have already been released, but these are the first ones for […]