Today’s Headlines
SFBG on the Sunday Parking Meter Hearing: Why Does the Mayor Have So Much Power Over SFMTA? Trial Car Bans on Crooked Lombard Street to Begin This Weekend (SFBay) Maserati Found Crashed in Muni Maintenance Pit Was Borrowed by 21-Year-Old Intern (SF Weekly) 9-Story Condo Development at Market and Valencia to Add 123 Underground Parking Spaces … Continued
June 19, 2014
Supes Reject Appeal for CEQA Review of Sunday Parking Meter Repeal
The Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 yesterday to reject an appeal, filed by sustainable transportation advocates, to require environmental review of the SFMTA's repeal of Sunday parking meters. Although the vote was not on the merits of Sunday parking metering, but rather whether the SFMTA violated the California Environmental Quality Act in repealing it, the hearing shed some more light on the political stances of some supervisors.
June 18, 2014
Eyes on the Street: No, Philz Coffee Is Not a Drive-Thru
A driver crashed into Philz Coffee at Fourth and Berry Streets near the Caltrain Station on Saturday night at about 9:10 p.m., as Bay City News reported. No one was injured, but the highly-popular cafe was reportedly closed until Monday, and an assistant manager told BCN "the area where the glass shattered is boarded off" until it's repaired.
June 17, 2014
SFFD OKs Narrower Streets in Candlestick Point Development
The SF Fire Department will allow many of the new streets built in the Candlestick Point development to remain narrower than 26 feet under a compromise with street safety advocates. SFFD had insisted at the 11th hour that all new city streets must have at least 26 feet of clear roadway for firefighters to set up fire trucks and reach the tops of taller buildings, even though wider roads are known to increase driving speeds and traffic crashes.
June 17, 2014
San Francisco Bike Party
See this month's route and theme at sfbikeparty.wordpress.com.
June 15, 2014