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New “Better Streets” Website Helps Residents Untangle City Bureaucracy
The San Francisco Better Streets Program launched a new website this week to provide a central source of information to help residents procure street improvements like traffic-calming measures, parklets, bike corrals, plantings, art installations, sidewalk fixtures, and permits for car-free events in their neighborhood.
May 16, 2012
New Supes Proposal Would Expedite Sidewalk Expansions
[Note: This proposal was approved by the full Board of Supervisors.]
January 30, 2012
Newcomb Ave. Sustainable Streetscape Project Completed in Bayview
After a six-year-long process, residents of Newcomb Avenue in the Bayview joined city staffers yesterday to mark the completion of the "Model Block" project, a prototype for street design that's better for the environment and more conducive to neighborhood life.
December 21, 2011
Repair Bond Will Improve Streets But Doesn’t Solve Underlying Problem
Last week San Francisco voters approved a $248 million bond to fix streets, which means the city will soon begin the largest repaving expenditure in its history. For the next three years, San Francisco will spend more than three times the amount it has normally budgeted for street repairs. Ninety million dollars will go to bicycle, pedestrian, transit, and infrastructure improvements (we’ll have more on those projects next week).
November 17, 2011
Western Cesar Chavez Streetscape Project to Be Completed in Summer 2013
Construction on the Cesar Chavez Sewer and Streetscape Improvement Project will be completed a few months behind schedule in summer 2013, according to the SF Department of Public Works.
November 8, 2011
Streets Bond Measure Headed to November Ballot
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of occasional stories on the "2011 Road Repaving and Street Safety Bond."
July 29, 2011
SFMTA Board Approves Ford’s Severance, Announces Call for Applicants
In a unanimous vote, the SFMTA Board of Directors this afternoon approved a $384,000 severance package for outgoing Executive Director/CEO Nat Ford, and announced that the agency will accept applications for the top job until July 1, when he is scheduled to depart.
June 21, 2011
“Tortured Path” of North Beach Library Project Comes to a Close
Nearly two years after San Francisco reclaimed a short block of Mason Street in North Beach as a trial plaza, the SF Board of Supervisors yesterday approved the environmental impact report for the planned expansion of the North Beach Public Library.
June 8, 2011
Searching for Market Street’s True Identity
San Franciscans are dreaming big as Market Street's transformation approaches in 2015, when the city's most important street is scheduled to be redesigned and repaved. City planners are engaging with citizens to answer a century-old question: How can we make Market Street the glorious thoroughfare that it needs to be?
May 25, 2011
Mayor Lee Proposes $248 Million Bond Measure for Street Improvements
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee proposed a $248 million bond measure today that he hopes will make the city's neglected streets smoother and safer for all users.
May 17, 2011