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This Week: Speak Up for a Safer Polk Street
The Polk Street redesign and Muni Forward improvements for the 30-Stockton are the big-ticket items on the Streetsblog calendar this week:
January 26, 2015
This Week: Enhancing Public Life on Mission Street
The Planning Department is fielding ideas to improve the public realm on Mission Street at a meeting on Wednesday, and at the end of the week, you can get to know California's newest transportation agency.
January 20, 2015
This Week: Making 16th Street Work Better for Muni
The SFMTA is holding public meetings this week on a more transit-friendly 16th Street and a new residential parking permit area in NoPa. You can also take a ride with the SF Bicycle Coalition to see how well streets perform for bicycling in the Richmond District.
January 12, 2015
This Week: SFMTA Set to Approve New Muni Line
The Streetsblog calendar kicks off 2015 with a solid addition to the transit system: Tomorrow, the SFMTA Board of Directors Tuesday is expected to approve a new Muni route that would connect 16th Street BART to Mission Bay. The year's first SPUR forums and public meetings for the first round of SFMTA street redesigns in 2015 follow later in the week.
January 5, 2015
This Week: A Deluge of Transportation Planning Meetings
It's the week before Thanksgiving, which means it's time for city agencies to pack in a last-minute flood of community meetings before the holiday season. The SFMTA will host meetings on Market Street car restrictions and transit lanes, upgrades for the Muni 8X-Bayshore Express, and another public workshop about designs for a protected bikeway on the Embarcadero. Tomorrow, the SFMTA Board of Directors is also set to approve transit upgrades for Van Ness BRT, Haight Street, and bus bulb-outs on Columbus Avenue. The SFMTA and Planning Department will also hold two meetings about re-envisioning transportation in SoMa.
November 17, 2014
This Week: Embarcadero Bikeway, 30-Stockton, Buses + Beers
The SFMTA will hold public meetings this week on upgrades for the Muni's 30-Stockton and on a protected bikeway along the Embarcadero. The SF Transit Riders Union will also get together for another "PUBlic Transit" crawl along the L-Taraval.
November 10, 2014
This Week: Election, SFMTA Workshops, Vision Zero Rally
Tomorrow is election day, so get out and cast your vote on measures like Prop L, the bid from Sean Parker and the Republican Party to enshrine 20th-century car-centric policies in SF. The SFMTA will also hold three open houses on proposed transportation improvements this week -- two on Muni's 5 and 28 routes, and one on a protected bikeway on the Embarcadero.
November 3, 2014
This Week: Bridging the Transit and Housing Funding Gap
A Thursday forum, organized by the SF Transit Riders Union and the SF Bay Guardian, is sure to bring some insightful discussion on the funding tussle between transit and affordable housing advocates. The Planning Department will also present conceptual designs for eastern Ocean Avenue on Thursday, and Sunday Streets Berkeley will return this weekend.
October 6, 2014
This Week: Safer Market Street
Tuesday is packed with important meetings about making biking and walking safer and more convenient. The first Safer Market Street meeting will preview Vision Zero improvements to SF's premier street. Across town, long-awaited preferred designs for the Marina Path will be unveiled.
September 29, 2014
This Week: Park(ing) Day and a Fundraiser to Fight Prop L
Lots of good stuff this week, including a fundraiser for the campaign against Prop L tomorrow and the return of Park(ing) Day at the end of the week.
September 15, 2014