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This Week: SFMTA Set to Approve New Muni Line
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The Streetsblog calendar kicks off 2015 with a solid addition to the transit system: Tomorrow, the SFMTA Board of Directors Tuesday is expected to approve a new Muni route that would connect 16th Street BART to Mission Bay. The year’s first SPUR forums and public meetings for the first round of SFMTA street redesigns in […]
Irving Transit Bulb-Outs Downsized to Appease SFFD, Parking Complainers
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Sidewalk widenings on Irving Street in the Inner Sunset, proposed by the SFMTA to make it safer and easier for tens of thousands of commuters to board the N-Judah, have been cut down in size to a fraction of the original proposals due to neighborhood complaints about losing car parking and protests from the SF […]
Parking-First “Save Polk Street” Crowd Attacks Van Ness BRT
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“Save Polk Street” has aimed its parking-first agenda at Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit. A couple dozen speakers protested the project an SFMTA hearing last week, distributing fearmongering flyers [PDF] claiming that removing some parking and banning left turns would “kill small businesses,” back up car traffic, and make the street more dangerous. The long-delayed Van Ness […]
SFMTA Hearing: Polk Street Redesign and More
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Agenda Of note: Polk Street redesign, with bike lanes (protected and unprotected), bulb-outs, loading zones, Parking-protected bike lane on westbound 13th Street, from 11th Street/Bryant Street/Division Street to Folsom Street Bulb-outs on Irving Street between 19th and 25th Avenues Bulb-outs on Holloway Avenue Blue handicap parking spaces Comments can be made in person or by email […]
Bike Coalition Says ‘No Way’ as City Backs off Protected Bike Lanes on Turk
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The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), for the first time ever, is opposing a bike lane. Protected bike lanes are the proven standard for making streets safer for cyclists of all ages and abilities. However, once again, the city has backed off a protected bike lane project, this time on Turk through the Tenderloin. SFMTA […]
SFMTA Hearing: Eastern Cesar Chavez Bike Lanes, 12 Bike Corrals Approved
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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 […]