SFMTA Engineering Hearing
Included: Potrero Avenue Redesign
ALSO ON STREETSBLOG
SFPark Mission Bay Plan Sees Backlash from Potrero Hill Residents
By Aaron Bialick |
An SFMTA plan to put a rational price on car parking around the developing Mission Bay area has run into fierce backlash from residents and merchants from the Potrero Hill, Dogpatch and northeastern Mission neighborhoods. The SFPark program’s Mission Bay Parking Management Strategy is “meant to address the existing severe parking availability issues and to get […]
Yes, We Can Fit Protected Bike Lanes and Two Transit Lanes on Potrero
By Aaron Bialick |
After listening to city planners say there’s no practical way to redesign Potrero Avenue with protected bike lanes and two transit lanes, Josh Handel didn’t buy it. Handel shared a plan in the Streetsblog comments that includes protected bike lanes and two transit lanes wide enough to fit buses comfortably (unlike those in the city […]
Protected Bike Lanes, Dual Bus Lanes Still Left Out of Potrero Ave. Plan
By Aaron Bialick |
The latest proposals for a redesign of Potrero Avenue include no protected bike lanes and only one transit lane, while the removal of any of the street’s four lanes devoted primarily to private car traffic remains off the table. Planners from the SFMTA and the Department of Public Works presented two design options at an […]
Potrero Ave. Safety Redesign Limps Toward the Finish Line
By Aaron Bialick |
Updated 11/14, 2:34 p.m. with response from Supervisor David Campos below. Design options for the embattled plan to improve safety Potrero Avenue have come down to the two blocks between 22nd and 24th Streets in front of SF General Hospital. According to a vote via stickers placed on a board, most attendees at a public […]
SFMTA Hearing: Eastern Cesar Chavez Bike Lanes, 12 Bike Corrals Approved
By Aaron Bialick |
SFMTA hearing officers today approved a plan to replace car parking on Eastern Cesar Chavez Street with buffered bicycle lanes. A previous iteration of the plan was dropped in June after industrial businesses in the area pressured City Hall because they objected to losing traffic lanes for trucks. The new redesign would add buffered bike […]
This Week: Safer Potrero, Geary BRT Town Hall
By Streetsblog |
Get involved in safety improvements on Potrero Avenue at a community workshop on Tuesday, and discuss the latest on the Geary Bus Rapid Transit project at a town hall hosted by Supervisor Eric Mar. Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: The Department of Public Works and the SFMTA will hold a community meeting […]