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This Week: J.F.K., Board Meeting, Treasure Island
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Here is a list of events this week.
This Week: Workplace of the Future, Vigil Ride, BART Extension Meeting
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday today! Designing for the Unknown. When we think about the workplace of the future, are we thinking about the right things? What if we expanded our imaginings to include things like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, 3D printing or even the influence of Star Wars? Join SPUR […]
Mayor Newsom to Nominate a Respected Transit Advocate to SFMTA Board
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Cheryl Brinkman at a press conference earlier this year celebrating San Francisco’s first new bike lane in three years. In the background is SFMTA Chief Nat Ford. Photo: sfbike Cheryl Brinkman, one of the original organizers of Sunday Streets who has a strong history of livable streets advocacy, will be nominated today by Mayor Gavin […]
In Struggle for Accessible Muni Metro Stops, Parking Comes First
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The accessible outbound platform at Church and 30th Streets. Photo: Michael Rhodes "Stops are too close together on Judah Street" goes the common refrain among many of Muni’s N-Judah riders — at least the able-bodied ones. Barely 300 feet of relatively flat terrain separates two stops in an especially egregious case. But for Tatiana Kostanian, […]
This Week: Greening an Alleyway in Chinatown
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Help shape a plan to bring some nature to an alley in Chinatown, ponder the future of transbay commuting with SPUR, and discuss the latest on city bicycle infrastructure with the Bicycle Advisory Committee. Here are all of this week’s calendar highlights: Tuesday: On this week’s SFMTA Board of Directors agenda is approval of bike lanes on Bayshore Boulevard between Paul […]
SFMTA Board Wants the Option of a Full-Length Bike Lane on Polk
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As the vote on the Polk Street redesign approaches in the coming months, the SFMTA Board of Directors last week requested that planners present the board with a pilot project option for bolder bike safety improvements along the length of the project area. Currently, the SFMTA’s preferred option calls only for sharrows and rush-hour parking bans on […]