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The Myth of the Urban Driving Shoppers
As we wrote a couple days ago about Jefferson Street, merchants on the commercial street there and throughout the city often assume parking spaces in front of their stores are vital to business, that their customers drive to buy, and that driving customers spend more because they can carry more goods home in their vehicles.
February 20, 2009
The Future of Van Ness Avenue is a Full-Feature BRT Route
With overwhelming approval for the Proposition K half-cent
transportation sales tax in 2003, San Franciscans signaled they
not only wanted to maintain a state of good repair and operational
solvency for their transit system, they were willing to dedicate more
than 25 percent of the tax to expansion, including a network of transit
preferential streets and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The first two BRT corridors will be on Geary Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue, the latter with a target opening date by Muni's centennial at the end of 2012.
February 17, 2009
Two-Way Hayes Extension is a Step Closer, Though Obstacles Remain
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 on how to get there.
February 9, 2009