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Planning Commission Approves Higher Bike Parking Requirements
By Aaron Bialick |
New buildings in San Francisco will be required to provide more secure bike parking under legislation approved by the Planning Commission yesterday. The ordinance is expected to be approved by the Board of Supervisors next month. As we reported in December, the ordinance will overhaul bike parking requirements for new residential and commercial buildings citywide, […]
SF’s New “Sustainability Fee” Set to Include a Big Incentive to Build Parking
By Aaron Bialick |
The city’s proposed Transportation Sustainability Fee — which would be assessed on new development to speed up construction of walking, biking, and transit infrastructure — moved forward today with approval from the SF Planning Commission. The commission approved a maximum rate slightly higher than the city had initially proposed but far lower than what some livable streets advocates wanted. […]
SF Planning Commission Hearing
By Aaron Bialick |
Agenda Of note: 11. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN RELATED TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BICYCLE PLAN 12. BICYCLE PARKING ORDINANCE
Detailed Polk Street Designs: Plans for Safe Bicycling Still “Lackluster”
By Aaron Bialick |
The SFMTA and the Planning Department presented detailed plans for Polk Street at the project’s final open house meeting yesterday. The new aspects include specific locations of bulb-outs, dedicated bicycle signals, left turn prohibitions, loading zones, and new trees and landscaping. Plans to improve bicycle infrastructure are still composed of a mix of protected, buffered, […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Aaron Bialick |
This week, the SF Planning Department kicks off its Green Connections Carnaval, the downtown bicycle parking ordinance goes before a Board of Supervisors committee, TransForm kicks off its regional Healthy Transportation Network, and more. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday: The SF Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee meets. On the […]
SF BOS Land Use and Economic Development Committee Meeting: Bike Parking Requirements
By Aaron Bialick |
Agenda [PDF]: 3. 130528 [Planning, Environment Codes – Bicycle Parking Standards; In Lieu Fee] Sponsor: Avalos Ordinance amending the Planning Code to revise the bicycle parking standards, allow a portion of the bicycle parking requirements to be satisfied by payment of an in lieu fee, allow automobile parking spaces to be reduced and replaced by […]