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Andres Power Helps Lead a Streets Renaissance One Parklet at a Time
City planners often get very little public recognition for the work they do, and can sometimes take the heat on a project if it doesn't prove politically popular. In the case of San Francisco's revolutionary Pavement to Parks program, the early resistance to reclaiming public space from cars to create convivial spaces for people has gradually subsided and parklets are now in heavy demand. None of it would have been possible without the hard work and determination of Andres Power, an urban designer for the San Francisco Planning Department.
May 9, 2011
Sunday Streets in the Mission Shows the Demand for Pedestrianized Streets
An estimated 25,000 people turned out for a beautiful albeit windy Sunday Streets in the Mission yesterday, tying the attendance record for the city's "official block party." For many a participant, experiencing car-free Valencia and 24th Streets didn't just continue to beg the question "why not every week?" but rather, "why not all the time?"
May 9, 2011
How Many Deaths Will It Take to Fix Masonic Avenue?
An alleged drunk driver traveling more than double the speed limit on southbound Masonic Avenue at Turk Street struck and killed 61-year-old James Hudson of San Francisco in the crosswalk early this morning. The driver then continued his destructive path for another 13 blocks, according to police, damaging four parked cars along the way before crashing into a planter in the parking lot of St. Mary's Medical Center on Shrader Street.
May 6, 2011
Businesses Eager to Apply for Parklets as New Request for Proposals Issued
On upper Haight Street, where merchants were portrayed as proponents in a campaign that criminalized sitting on public sidewalks last year, Dave Mclean sees a public realm in need of more places for neighbors and visitors to gather. As the owner of two businesses on the street, he's ready to jump at the chance to create that space with two new parklets.
May 5, 2011
Neighborhood Groups Push to Keep Sidewalks Clear of AT&T Boxes
Pedestrians in San Francisco are no strangers to crowded conditions, but a plan to install 726 private utility boxes on sidewalks could impose even more obstacles for them.
April 25, 2011
Advocates, Supervisors Prepare for Two City Hall Hearings on Ped Safety
You may not have known it, but today is National Walk to Work Day, and pedestrian advocates from Walk San Francisco marked the occasion by walking to work with Supervisor Jane Kim and reminding residents about two important City Hall hearings coming up on pedestrian safety.
April 1, 2011
Hugo and Kezar: A San Francisco Gem of Walkable, Bikeable Streets
Finding great examples of bike-friendly streets doesn't always mean looking across borders to international cities. Here in San Francisco, gems of physically separated bikeways and traffic-calmed neighborhood streets can be found on an oft-overlooked bicycle route along Hugo Street and Kezar Drive that connects the Inner Sunset to areas east.
March 25, 2011
San Francisco Pedestrian Safety Efforts Mired in City Bureaucracy
Despite a growing political focus on pedestrian safety, a thick layer of city bureaucracy and lack of funding are stalling real change to prevent pedestrian injuries and fatalities on San Francisco streets, including three deaths in just the last week.
March 22, 2011
San Mateo County Slow to Improve Conditions for Bicyclists and Pedestrians
The wheels are turning slowly in the movement to improve biking and walking conditions in San Mateo County as a lack of cohesive political will leaves little traction for any real changes.
March 21, 2011