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SF Planning Unveils Design for a More Ped-Friendly Broadway in Chinatown
The SF Planning Department this week unveiled its final design for pedestrian improvements on a stretch of Broadway in Chinatown.
June 8, 2012
Chinatown Businesses Thrive During a Week Without Car Parking
What would happen if, one day, the city decided to make better use of the car parking on a commercial corridor like Stockton Street in Chinatown?
January 24, 2012
Planning Department Releases Tentative Street Redesigns for Broadway
The Planning Department, working with the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC), the SFMTA and SFDPW, recently released three options for dramatically improving the pedestrian environment on a two-and-a-half block stretch of Broadway, a high-volume two-way arterial that cuts through North Beach and Chinatown, a neighborhood that is "the most densely populated urban area west of Manhattan."
August 24, 2011
Board of Supes Resolution Urges Free Muni Passes for Low-Income Youth
A growing number of low-income youth who depend on public transit in San Francisco are finding it harder to afford the trip to class, but a resolution introduced by Supervisor David Campos this week could pave the way toward providing free Muni passes for the rest of the school year to thousands of students who are regular Muni riders.
January 27, 2011
Chinatown Group Analyzes Pedestrian Safety, Offers Plan for Improvements
Chinatown's crowded sidewalks, unsafe crosswalks and poor pedestrian signage are not likely to be among the endearing physical characteristic featured in any tourist brochure. Yet in a recent study -- the San Francisco Chinatown Pedestrian Safety Needs Assessment [pdf] and Safety Plan [pdf] conducted by the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) -- those issues were identified as several of the highest priority concerns for tenants, merchants and visitors to the popular area.
November 30, 2010
Dreaming of Pedestrian Heaven on San Francisco’s Oldest Street
Could San Francisco's first and oldest thoroughfare become the city's first true pedestrianized street?
May 4, 2010
Chinatown Students Conduct Thorough Surveys of SFMTA Bus Stops
One of the central criticisms of Muni's objective to consolidate bus stops is that it hasn't conducted thorough demographic analysis of the people who use each stop, particularly seniors and the disabled. Rather than rely solely on the distance between stops and the incline of the streets, say critics, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) should make nuanced decisions about each stop based on the amenities near the stops and the people who use them.
April 23, 2010
Reminder: SFMTA Board Vote on Two-Year Budget Tomorrow
It may not be at the most convenient hour to make a trip to City Hall, but tomorrow's SFMTA Board meeting at 2 p.m. could be the last chance to speak up before Muni service cuts are extended for the next two years.
April 19, 2010
Dufty Still Deliberating as Garage Legislation Vote Looms
Supervisor Bevan Dufty says he is still considering how he will vote tomorrow on legislation that would limit new garages in existing buildings in Chinatown, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill and eliminate minimum parking requirements in those neighborhoods. Advocates are urging him to support the measure, but Dufty said he's still deliberating as he continues to receive waves of feedback from supporters and opponents of the plan.
February 22, 2010
City Leaders Gather for Central Subway Groundbreaking Ceremony
Dozens of local elected officials and community leaders donned their novelty hard hats today for a Central Subway groundbreaking ceremony under the I-80 freeway overpass. Tunneling for the subway won't start for at least another two years, so a utility relocation project at the future site of the tunnel's SoMa portal had to suffice.
February 9, 2010