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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 […]

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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Neighbors Welcome a Calmer, Greener Bryant Street Near Cesar Chavez

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 15, 2013 | 8 Comments

Residents are enjoying a more livable outer Bryant Street since the city implemented a road diet last month, reducing four traffic lanes to two (plus left-turn bays at some intersections) between 23rd and Cesar Chavez Streets. Neighbors joined Friends of the Urban Forest on Sunday on the block between 26th Street and Cesar Chavez to add […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane, Raised Crosswalks, and More at McCoppin

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 10, 2012 | 10 Comments

The ongoing streetscape transformation on and around McCoppin Street in recent weeks has brought a new bike lane, raised crosswalks, planted bulb-outs and medians. The planted bulb-outs and medians being added to McCoppin and nearby alleys (Stevenson, Pearl, Jessie Streets, and Elgin Park) will help absorb rainwater and lighten the load on the city’s stormwater systems. […]

Tomorrow: Help Envision Better Streets Connecting to Heron’s Head Park

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 9, 2012 | 3 Comments

Tomorrow the SF Planning Department is putting on the first in a series of walks as part of its new Green Connections project, an effort to improve access to parks making better use of city streets. The intent of the program, according to the department’s website, is to create “a citywide network of green streets that can […]

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