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This Week: Walking-Friendly Ocean Ave, PUBlic Transit Crawl
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It’s a light week on the Streetsblog calendar — here are the highlights: Wednesday: Come to an open house to see the Planning Department’s final design proposals for sidewalk improvements on Ocean Avenue, including greening, bulb-outs, and gathering spaces. 6:30 p.m. Thursday: Transit lovers can join the SF Transit Riders Union for the second PUBlic Transit Crawl, a Valentine’s Day-themed journey […]
This Week: Faster 33-Stanyan, Better Market, Safer Arterials
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Most of the action this week is crammed into Wednesday and Thursday, with public meetings about Muni’s proposed changes to the 33-Stanyan, the Better Market Street project, and traffic calming on the city’s dangerous arterial streets. Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: Join the SF Planning Department for a walking tour to look at pedestrian […]
This Week: Speak Up for a Safer Polk Street
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The Polk Street redesign and Muni Forward improvements for the 30-Stockton are the big-ticket items on the Streetsblog calendar this week: Wednesday: The SFMTA is holding an open house about transit improvements for the 30-Stockton in North Beach, where you can weigh in on transit-only lanes, bus stop changes, and other proposals to speed up the route. 6 p.m. Friday: Speak up […]
This Week: Enhancing Public Life on Mission Street
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The Planning Department is fielding ideas to improve the public realm on Mission Street at a meeting on Wednesday, and at the end of the week, you can get to know California’s newest transportation agency. Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: The SFMTA Board of Directors agenda includes the expected approval of free […]
This Week: Making 16th Street Work Better for Muni
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The SFMTA is holding public meetings this week on a more transit-friendly 16th Street and a new residential parking permit area in NoPa. You can also take a ride with the SF Bicycle Coalition to see how well streets perform for bicycling in the Richmond District. Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Wednesday: The […]
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 […]
This Week: A Deluge of Transportation Planning Meetings
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It’s the week before Thanksgiving, which means it’s time for city agencies to pack in a last-minute flood of community meetings before the holiday season. The SFMTA will host meetings on Market Street car restrictions and transit lanes, upgrades for the Muni 8X-Bayshore Express, and another public workshop about designs for a protected bikeway on […]
This Week: Election, SFMTA Workshops, Vision Zero Rally
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Tomorrow is election day, so get out and cast your vote on measures like Prop L, the bid from Sean Parker and the Republican Party to enshrine 20th-century car-centric policies in SF. The SFMTA will also hold three open houses on proposed transportation improvements this week — two on Muni’s 5 and 28 routes, and […]
Friday Jobs Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are the current listings: Executive Director, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition As a sixteen-year-old organization, Los Angeles County Bicycle […]
This Week: Bridging the Transit and Housing Funding Gap
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A Thursday forum, organized by the SF Transit Riders Union and the SF Bay Guardian, is sure to bring some insightful discussion on the funding tussle between transit and affordable housing advocates. The Planning Department will also present conceptual designs for eastern Ocean Avenue on Thursday, and Sunday Streets Berkeley will return this weekend. Here are […]
Friday Job Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are the current listings: Executive Director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition After 17 years with the organization, our current Executive […]
This Week: Park(ing) Day and a Fundraiser to Fight Prop L
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Lots of good stuff this week, including a fundraiser for the campaign against Prop L tomorrow and the return of Park(ing) Day at the end of the week. Here are all of this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday: SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin will join a Middle Polk Neighborhood Association meeting to discuss the transit funding initiatives on the […]