Yielding to Cars-First Merchants, SFMTA Board Approves Polk Plan As Is
The SFMTA Board of Directors voted unanimously yesterday to approve the watered-down plan to redesign Polk Street with a protected bike lane along one side of the street for 10 of 20 blocks.
March 4, 2015
SFMTA Board Approves Watered-Down Polk Plan, May Revisit It Later
The SFMTA Board of Directors voted today to approve the plan to redesign Polk Street with a protected bike lane along one side of the street for 10 of 20 blocks. After a four-hour hearing, the board approved the plan with the condition that SFMTA staff would report on the impacts of the project a year after it's completed, when they will consider extending protected bike lanes along the upper half of the corridor.
March 3, 2015
Driver Kills Cyclist Charles Vinson, 66, at 14th and Folsom
Update: SFPD issued a response below.
March 3, 2015
Supervisor Breed Calls for Removing Some of SF’s Parking Mandates
Supervisor London Breed has proposed a "Parking Flexibility Ordinance" that would make it easier for building owners and developers not to build car parking when it would impinge on the street environment for walking, bicycling, and transit. It would also count parking spaces against density limits, unless they're built underground.
March 2, 2015
Planning Dept Releases Design Guide for “Living Alleys” Around Hayes Valley
The SF Planning Department released a design guide this week for "living alleys" [PDF], providing a template to transform SF's narrow, low-traffic streets into places to gather and play.
February 27, 2015
SFMTA Cuts Block of Polk Bike Lane Fought By Visionless Mayor’s Optometrist
The SFMTA has nixed a block of protected bike lane planned on Polk Street, where merchants including Mayor Ed Lee's optometrist have vocally opposed it to preserve car parking.
February 26, 2015
Halted By Noise Complaints, N-Judah Tunnel Upgrades Expected to Resume
The SFMTA is expected to resume work to upgrade the Sunset Tunnel for the N-Judah after construction was halted by a permit appeal from neighbors who complained about noise. Crews have skipped four weekends of work, adding unknown costs and at least a month of delay to the project.
February 25, 2015