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SFPUC Unveils New Green Designs for Holloway, Plaza at Mission/Valencia

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 19, 2013 | 8 Comments

The SF Public Utilities Commission unveiled final redesign concepts last week for two projects that would mean more space for pedestrians and stormwater-absorbing greenery. One project will bring traffic-calming bulb-outs and “rain gardens” to the eastern stretch of Holloway Avenue, a major east-west bike route in Ingleside. The other would convert two traffic lanes at […]

Design Tweaks Delay Construction of Safety Features on Fell and Oak

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 31, 2013 | 3 Comments

Construction of the final pieces of bike and pedestrian safety improvements on Fell and Oak Streets between Baker and Scott has been delayed again as the agency finalizes the design of traffic islands and bulb-outs. Previously promised this year, the upgrades have been pushed back until some time in 2014, according to the SFMTA. SFMTA Livable Streets spokesperson […]

Creating a Safer “Green Gateway” at Valencia and Mission Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 10, 2013 | 8 Comments

A chunk of roadway at Valencia and Mission Streets would be reclaimed to create a plaza designed to make the corner more pedestrian-friendly and absorb stormwater under a project led by the SF Public Utilities Commission. The Valencia and Mission Green Gateway Project would widen sidewalks and add greenery and permeable pavement treatments along the […]

City Sets Out to Create Safer, Greener Streets on the Wiggle

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 12, 2013 | 42 Comments

The Wiggle could be transformed into a greener, more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly route in the coming years thanks to a new planning effort launched by the SFMTA and the SF Public Utilities Commission. At an open house community meeting yesterday, planners shopped potential treatments like traffic diverters, traffic circles, bulb-outs, and raised crosswalks that could […]

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Wiener’s Proposals to Streamline Ped Safety Upgrades Pass Supes Committee

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 4, 2013 | 2 Comments

A package of legislation aimed at cutting through the bureaucratic red tape that encumbers the city’s progress on life-saving pedestrian safety measures was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee yesterday. The full board is expected to approve the proposals in the coming weeks. Supervisor Scott Wiener, who proposed […]

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New “Better Streets” Website Helps Residents Untangle City Bureaucracy

By Aaron Bialick | May 16, 2012 | 1 Comment

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. The website, sfbetterstreets.org, “combines all the city’s guidelines, permit requirements, and […]

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