SFMTA Engineering Hearing
- Establishing a 15-mph zone on 3 blocks of 25th St in the Mission
- Sidewalk widening on one block by the CPMC St Luke’s campus, as part of the Mission District Streetscape Plan
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Future of the 26-Valencia Line Uncertain
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Flickr photo: Octoferret Eliminating the 26-Valencia, a route with low ridership and parallel service only a block away on Mission Street, would save Muni an estimated $2.4 million. But three members of the MTA Board expressed concerns at their meeting this week about staff’s proposal to eliminate the 26, and it followed public testimony from […]
Mayor Lee Unveils 5-Year Plan to Improve Safety at Up to 265 Intersections
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Today Mayor Ed Lee and city officials announced a five-year plan to implement pedestrian safety upgrades at 170 priority intersections. The city also launched its “Be Nice, Look Twice” PSA campaign today. The 170 locations in the WalkFirst Capital Improvement Program [PDF] were determined using injury data and public input. These improvements will be funded […]
Mini-Stretch of 15th St. Goes on Road Diet for SFMTA’s “Home Zone” Project
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Two blocks of 15th Street, from South Van Ness Avenue to Mission Street, went on a road diet this week. It’s part of the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s “Home Zone” pilot project to study the effects of concentrated traffic calming measures on a few blocks around Marshall Elementary School, with the aim of creating a […]
Mission’s People-Friendly Block on Bartlett Faces Fire Code, Parking Hurdles
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One day each week, the block of Bartlett Street between 21st and 22nd Streets bustles for a few hours when it’s transformed into the Mission Community Market. On all the other days, however, it mostly serves as a parking lot. The Planning Department and organizers from the Community Market held a packed public meeting yesterday […]
New Ingleside Captain Gets Tough on Drivers Failing to Yield to Peds
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Flickr photo: myelectricsheep The Ingleside Police Station has a new captain and he’s out of the blocks with a very progressive pedestrian safety agenda. Captain David Lazar, who just assumed his post at the Ingleside Station on April 18th, will conduct a sting on motorists who fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks at five […]
This Week: Geary, Parking vs. Life, Riding with Kids
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Here is a list of events this week.