Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Central Freeway

SFPD Tickets Bike Commuters Trying to Get By Car Queue on Page Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 28, 2015 | 274 Comments

Here’s today’s edition of egregious waste of SFPD resources used to harass people on bikes. SFPD officers were posted at the bottom of the hill on Page Street at Octavia Boulevard this morning ticketing bike commuters who squeezed to the left of stopped cars. Freeway-bound drivers routinely queue up to turn right, occupying several blocks of Page’s only eastbound traffic […]

SFMTA Proposes Short-Term Safety Upgrades for Octavia Boulevard

By Aaron Bialick | May 7, 2015 | 4 Comments

Ten years after Octavia Boulevard opened in the footprint of the former Central Freeway, the SFMTA has proposed a package of short-term safety fixes for people walking and biking, especially along the cross streets. The upgrades could be implemented by the end of 2016. Proposals in the works include a bike lane on eastbound Page Street, a […]

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Planning Dept Releases Design Guide for “Living Alleys” Around Hayes Valley

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 27, 2015 | 4 Comments

The SF Planning Department released a design guide this week for “living alleys” [PDF], providing a template to transform SF’s narrow, low-traffic streets into places to gather and play. Inspired by the Dutch “woonerf” concept, the “Living Alleys Toolkit” lays out proven design measures that make smaller streets more inviting to stay and play on, giving street life […]

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Neighbors Celebrate the New “McCoppin Hub,” Dog and Skate Park

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 27, 2014 | 6 Comments

Neighbors near McCoppin Street recently celebrated the completion of the McCoppin Hub, a plaza created from a street stub that sits against the Central Freeway ramp towards Market Street. The plaza, a nearby dog run, and skate park have been in the works for years as a package of newly depaved public spaces planned after the freeway’s partial […]

Man in Wheelchair Killed by Freeway-Bound Driver at Market and Octavia

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 4, 2013 | 12 Comments

A man in a wheelchair, reportedly in his 20s, was killed by a driver at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard around midnight last night. SFPD spokesperson Albie Esparza said the crash is still under investigation, but that driver appears to have been heading south on Octavia at the entrance of the Central Freeway, where witnesses […]

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Planning Department Sets Out to Create “Living Alleys” Around Hayes Valley

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 10, 2013 | 8 Comments

The Planning Department held a community workshop yesterday to field ideas on how to turn the numerous alleyways in and around Hayes Valley into calmer, greener, more inviting respites from the major traffic-heavy streets. The “Living Alley Project” is an effort conceived in the Market Octavia Area Plan to re-think the neighborhood’s alleys as people-oriented […]

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