Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Market Street

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In 1954, Turning Market Street Into a Parking Lot Seemed Like a Good Idea

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 28, 2015 | 12 Comments

In an alternate universe, the streetcar tracks that line the center of Market Street would have become car parking. That was an actual proposal in 1954, put forward by Supervisor Marvin Lewis. The plan [PDF] was recently dug up by SFMTA staff from the agency’s archives. Today it’s an appalling idea, but back then it […]

Signs of Lax Enforcement of Car Restrictions on Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 21, 2015 | 24 Comments

Nearly two weeks in, the bans preventing private auto drivers from turning on to most of lower Market Street have, by all accounts, made the street safer and more efficient. But at an SFMTA Board of Directors meeting this week, member Gwyneth Borden noted that officers posted on Market “don’t seem to be as vigilant as one might like,” […]

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Record-Breaking Bike Traffic on Market Street Neared 100,000 in July

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 13, 2015 | 2 Comments

Record-breaking bicycle traffic on Market Street nearly broke the 100,000 threshold in July, according to the bike counter on SF’s most heavily-pedaled thoroughfare. Last month, 99,461 people were counted in the bike lane on eastbound Market at Ninth Street, topping the previous record of 97,302 in March. The record for daily bike counts was also set in April […]

SFMTA Bucks Uber, Bans Private Autos From Turning On to Mid-Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 17, 2015 | 9 Comments

Private auto drivers will be banned from turning on to Market Street between Third and Eighth streets after the restrictions were approved unanimously by the SFMTA Board of Directors yesterday. The board dismissed the last-minute protest from Uber, who complained that its ride-hail drivers would be included in the ban, while taxis wouldn’t. In the […]

Tomorrow: Support Car Restrictions for a Safer Market, Which Uber Opposes

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 15, 2015 | 16 Comments

You can email public comments on the “Safer Market Street” car restrictions to the SFMTA board at MTABoard@sfmta.com. The SFMTA Board of Directors is set to vote tomorrow on whether to ban private auto drivers from turning onto mid-Market Street, part of a package of safety improvements and transit upgrades. While the improvements seem to be […]

Tomorrow: Support a Safer Upper Market With Protected Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | May 4, 2015 | 30 Comments

The SFMTA will hold an open house tomorrow on bike and pedestrian safety upgrades along upper Market Street, which could include bulb-outs to calm the street’s wide, dangerous intersections and protected bike lanes on some segments. The SFMTA’s proposal hasn’t been presented yet, but safe streets advocates say they worry the bike improvements may not be as […]

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