Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Highway Removal

Dallas Official: Without a Highway Teardown, Park Gets “Free Shade”

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 4, 2014 | No Comments

Getting officials on board with a highway teardown in Dallas is no easy task. Just ask Patrick Kennedy, a Dallas planner who has led the charge to remove IH-345, an elevated stump of a highway near central Dallas. Last week, the Texas Department of Transportation dismissed the teardown proposal out of hand, refusing to even […]

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 […]

SFCTA Considers Removing Freeway Ramps at Balboa Park Station

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 3, 2013 | 9 Comments

Balboa Park may be a major transit hub for BART and Muni, but it’s hard to tell as you approach the station, which is surrounded by dangerous roads swarming with car traffic moving to and from six nearby freeway ramps. The design of the area around the station — not to mention the 24,000 people […]

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John Norquist: “Time to Talk About a Freeway-Free San Francisco”

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 20, 2013 | 108 Comments

San Francisco is considered one of the leading American cities in the growing movement to tear down freeways. Fortunately, San Franciscans got a head start by averting the freeway-riddled fate of most other American cities in the 20th century by successfully protesting the construction of most of the proposed structures, which would have torn apart […]

Freeway Sign “Eyesore” Comes Down on Cesar Chavez

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 13, 2013 | 17 Comments

With an ongoing overhaul, western Cesar Chavez Street is looking less and less like a freeway these days, but the changes aren’t only happening on the ground. At about 2 a.m. Friday morning, city crews took down an overhead navigational freeway sign pointing drivers to the 101 freeway — the kind of motor-oriented infrastructure expected […]

First Polk, Now Geary: Half-Measures Won’t Fix the Problems on SF Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 6, 2013 | 78 Comments

For those who dream of better transportation options on San Francisco’s streets, which were engineered in the 20th century to maximize space for cars at the expense of safety and efficient transit, the lack of city leadership on two recent major re-design projects has been troubling. The concessions offered by city planners and politicians will […]

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