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Despite Skewed Parking Math, Planning Commission Approves 55 Laguna

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 17, 2012 | 29 Comments

The SF Planning Commission unanimously approved a major housing development at 55 Laguna Street yesterday, despite an excessive amount of car parking that livable streets advocates say should be lowered under stricter parking maximums. The development would include two housing projects: one with 330 apartments, and another with 110 affordable apartments for an LGBT senior community. […]

Planning Commission Upholds Market/Octavia Parking Limits in Key Test

By Michael Rhodes | May 17, 2010 | 53 Comments

A rendering of the proposed mixed-use development at 555 Fulton Street. Image: San Francisco Planning Department. In a major test of the Market and Octavia Area Plan and of the city’s parking policy, the Planning Commission unanimously rejected a developer’s request last week for far more parking than is allowed, even with a conditional use […]

San Francisco First City in the Nation to Count Its Parking Spaces

By Matthew Roth | Mar 29, 2010 | 66 Comments

Meters along the Embarcadero are part of the Port of San Francisco’s SFPark trial. Photo: Matthew Roth No sizable city in the country, or likely the world, has been able to say with any certainty how many parking spaces it has, public or private, until now. Over the last 18 months, the San Francisco Municipal […]

Mayor Newsom, Caltrans Announce Plans to Remove Portions of I-280

By Matthew Roth | Apr 1, 2009 | 9 Comments

A controlled explosion from the filming of the TV series "Trauma," on a closed portion of I-280 Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday announced one of his most ambitious plans for re-shaping San Francisco, telling reporters at a press conference with Caltrans Director Will Kemption and Caltrain Director Michael Scanlan that the city would move forward with […]

Two-Way Hayes Extension is a Step Closer, Though Obstacles Remain

By Matthew Roth | Feb 9, 2009 | 10 Comments

Cars whipping around the corner of Gough and Hayes, where pedestrians can only cross three ways There was widespread government and public support for a two-way, traffic-calmed Hayes Street between Gough and Franklin at the Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Economic Development Committee meeting today, but there is a fundamental disagreement with the MTA […]

Advocates Ask Supes to Support a Two-Way Hayes

By Matthew Roth | Feb 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

Advocates are calling for all livable streets supporters who have the time to turn out to the Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Economic Development Committee meeting today at 1pm to voice their support for a two-way Hayes Street, as was called for in the Market and Octavia Plan. In 2007, the Hayes Valley Neighborhood […]

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