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ULI Talk: The Bay Area’s Transportation Future
It costs $2.25 to go one block on the Geary 38 bus, but someone driving a Tesla can use all of San Francisco’s streets for free. “It’s fundamentally inequitable” said Jeff Tumlin, Principal and Director of Strategy at NelsonNygaard Consulting, during a panel discussion at San Francisco’s Urban Land Institute. “We even manage traffic signals based on … Continued
February 28, 2018
Riding the Infrastructure Accomplishments of the Last Year
Take a ride on SF's best new infrastructure.
February 26, 2018
Bike Coalition Continues Push for a Safer SoMa
There are five bike lane projects in various phases in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco (SoMa). Long-term improvements to Folsom and Howard are in the planning phase; there will be an open house in April to finalize those designs. Fifth Street will hold an open house to present initial designs. And Townsend and 7th Street are awaiting scheduling of public outreach meetings.
February 21, 2018
Better Market Street Update
City presents refined plans to modernize and transform San Francisco's main thoroughfare
February 13, 2018
Firefighters Try to Hose Vision Zero
Safe-streets advocates were outraged today to read that some San Francisco firefighters are still vying to veto Vision Zero projects. According to a story in yesterday's SF Examiner, Firefighters Local 798 sent a questionnaire to all the mayoral candidates which included:
February 8, 2018
SPUR Talk: the Future of Advocacy in the Bay Area
"I lived in Noe Valley, in a rent-controlled unit, and a neighbor wanted to turn a one-story building into a two-unit building--and the neighborhood lost their mind," recalled Laura Clark, at Tuesday evening's panel discussion on the future of advocacy in the Bay Area.
February 7, 2018
San Francisco Wants More Transportation Options
A majority of San Francisco voters want more subways, more bike lanes, more buses, and more investment in Caltrain, according to the 2018 Dignity Health CityBeat Poll, released by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
February 6, 2018
Marin IJ Editors Join Push to Abort Bridge Bike and Pedestrian Path
Momentum is growing to eliminate the planned bike and ped path on the upper deck of the San Rafael Bridge.
February 5, 2018
SF Bike Coalition Kicks off Plans for 2018
Physically protected bike lanes are coming to Valencia Street. "We are pretty sure some segments can be designed and implemented as soon as this Fall," said Janice Li, advocacy director for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, to 120 people who attended its annual member meeting Wednesday evening at the Google Community Space on the Embarcadero. She added that the first stakeholder meetings for the Valencia bike-lane improvements "will be coming in March or April ... we’re really going to need to build a lot of support."
February 1, 2018
SPUR Talk: Political Lessons from London and New York
Turns out the Bay Area's special transportation and planning challenges aren't so special after all
January 31, 2018
