SPUR Talk: Flowers and Butterflies on Market Street
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It almost seems too fanciful to be true, but work is underway to bring butterflies to Market Street, as part of a plan to green the roofs of BART's new station canopies
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Market Street
A Jug-handle for Sansome/Market Intersection?
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It's time for a jug-handle on Market at Sansome, says super advocate Paul Valdez
In 1954, Turning Market Street Into a Parking Lot Seemed Like a Good Idea
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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
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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,” […]
Record-Breaking Bike Traffic on Market Street Neared 100,000 in July
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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
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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 […]