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East Palo Alto’s Highway 101 Ped/Bike Bridge Almost Fully Funded
East Palo Alto's decades-long dream to reconnect its east and west sides via a pedestrian/bicycle bridge has taken a huge leap forward. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) approved the city's $8.6 million application to construct a 12-foot wide bridge over Highway 101 between Newell Road and Clarke Avenue, following East Palo Alto's City Council's June allocation of $600,000 for environmental review and design.
August 15, 2014
Bulb-Outs: Noe Valley’s Getting Them, Outer Balboa’s Got Them
Two business corridors are getting a boost from sidewalk bulb-outs: Balboa Street in the Outer Richmond recently had some finished, and 24th Street in Noe Valley will get them this fall.
July 3, 2014
Eyes on the Street: This Is Not a Sidewalk, It’s Parking
At first (and second) glance, this block in south SoMa appears to have cars parked across what clearly looks to be a sidewalk. The area in question is up on a curb, has curb-level sidewalks leading to it from the streets that intersect on either side of the block, and even has both a trash can and fire hydrant on it. If there's somehow another a sidewalk there, it's nowhere to be found.
June 27, 2014
Mini Plaza Creates Public Space, Not Carmageddon, at Market and Dolores
It's happened again: street space was re-allocated from cars to people, and the unbearable traffic jams opponents warned of have failed to materialize. In fact, some of them even like the result now.
April 22, 2014
Scott Wiener: SFFD’s Next Fire Truck Fleet Needs to Be More Versatile
The SF Fire Department needs to replace its aging fire trucks soon, and Supervisor Scott Wiener says the department should use the purchase to take advantage of more versatile models that other cities are using to navigate narrow streets.
April 21, 2014
Safer, More Transit-Friendly Streets Planned for the Upper Haight
Update 4/10: The Planning Department posted an online survey where you can weigh in on the design proposal for upper Haight Street.
April 9, 2014
Preview the Upgrades Coming to the Castro’s Jane Warner Plaza
Jane Warner Plaza, the first plaza created using semi-permanent features as part of SF's Pavement to Parks program, will get some repairs and upgrades as part of the Castro Street overhaul currently underway.
April 4, 2014
Supervisor London Breed Won’t Fight for Full Transit Bulbs on Irving Street
D5 Supervisor London Breed, whose district includes the Inner Sunset, says that the downsized proposals for transit bulbs on Irving Street and Ninth Avenue are "headed in the right direction," according to Conor Johnston, a legislative aide.
March 18, 2014
Section of Arguello Blvd in the Presidio Widened for Sidewalk, Bike Lanes
City officials held a press conference yesterday to tout the widening of Arguello Boulevard in the Presidio to add sidewalks and bike lanes. Previously, the short stretch of road had only shoulders for people to walk and bike on, squeezing between guard rails and motor traffic. It's one of the first projects to be funded by a local $10 vehicle registration fee increase which city voters passed under Prop AA in 2010.
March 13, 2014
Castro Street Redesign Breaks Ground, Rainbow Crosswalks Unveiled
The new Castro Street is on its way, with the Department of Public Works breaking ground today on the two-block street redesign, which will include wider sidewalks. One detail of the plan was also unveiled at the event -- rainbow crosswalk designs for the Castro and 18th Street intersection.
March 13, 2014