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MTC to Award $1.3 Million for Bay Bridge West Span Bike Path Study
The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), a division of the MTC, is expected to approve a $1.3 million contract with TY Lin International consulting to prepare a Project Study Report (PSR) that would analyze the feasibility of adding two pedestrian and bicycle paths on the west span of the Bay Bridge (PDF). TY Lin is already a contractor on the new east span of the Bay Bridge being constructed between Yerba Buena Island and Oakland.
April 8, 2009
GM and Segway Unveil La-Z-Boy on Wheels
I'd be laughing right now if I could just stop crying.
April 7, 2009
What’s in a Neighborhood
How would you define the boundaries of your neighborhood? Is it the streets that describe it? Is it the people who live in it, a cultural or demographic group that you belong to, or that excludes you? Do you think your neighbors would describe your neighborhood the same way you do?
April 6, 2009
News From New York: The ABC’s of Trial Plazas and Complete Streets
When we wrote about the trial pedestrian plaza on 17th Street and Market Street that DPW expects to start this May, the story generated numerous doubts about how the city would create a successful public space out of a busy street abutting a gas station.
April 2, 2009
Happy Belated Transportation Freedom Day, San Francisco!
I'm sorry I'm late. You know how it is, if it's not in the Facebook calendar, I'm pretty much worthless at remembering.
March 31, 2009
The Rise of an Evil Anti-Car Multinational Conglomerate
As soothsayers of the Sacred RAC priesthood like Rob Anderson will let you know time and again on his own blog, and sometimes on ours, all this talk of bike plans, Level-of-Service reform, parking restrictions in new development, and greening boulevards is nothing more than a thinly-veiled assault on our national right to drive freely and not pay for it.
March 27, 2009
17th Street Closure Will Be First NYC-style Plaza in San Francisco
Don't look now, but NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan's magic
may have rubbed off on DPW Director Ed Reiskin, to San Francisco's
benefit. Reiskin has been leading a multi-agency effort to close a
small portion of 17th Street where it meets Market Street to vehicle
traffic and convert the space into a trial pedestrian plaza, which
he hopes to see operational by May.
March 25, 2009
Eyes on the Street: A Curb Cut We Can Believe In
If you've pedaled or walked Sutter Street lately, or happen to live on Sutter like me, you've probably noticed the curb ramps and streets being torn up. It's all part of DPW's $1.2 million Sansome and Taylor Street Pavement Renovation Project, which began in early February. According to the DPW's Christine Falvey:
March 18, 2009
DOT and HUD: Transportation and Land-Use Planning Should Prioritize TOD
It's a good day to talk about the costs of car ownership on individuals and families and the need to integrate transportation and land use planning regionally.
March 18, 2009
Mission Neighbors Upset Over Proposed Pedestrian Fence
Some community members in the Mission are upset that the MTA has proposed building a fence along a median on Potrero Avenue between Cesar Chavez and 25th Street to prevent jaywalking.
March 11, 2009