Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Eric Mar

Supervisor Mar: Abysmal Funding for Bicycle Infrastructure “Not Acceptable”

By Aaron Bialick | May 15, 2013 | 11 Comments

It looks like Supervisor Eric Mar is ready to make some noise about the need to fund the SFMTA’s vision for a major expansion of bike-friendly streets — which Mayor Ed Lee hasn’t prioritized at all since the agency released its Draft Bicycle Strategy earlier this year. At yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Mar issued a […]

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Sunday Streets Coming to the Richmond in October

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 15, 2013 | 4 Comments

Later this year, for the first time, the Richmond District will be graced with Sunday Streets. The event in late October will run from inner Clement Street all the way out to Ocean Beach, D1 Supervisor Eric Mar announced at a Board of Supervisors meeting this week. Organizers haven’t established the details of the route […]

Senator Yee’s Move to Enshrine Double-Fine Zones Could Get Supes’ Support

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 1, 2013 | 4 Comments

With a trial period for double traffic fine zones on 19th Avenue, Van Ness Avenue, and Lombard Street set to expire at the end of the year, State Senator Leland Yee hopes to extend them indefinitely, crediting the measures for drops in pedestrian injuries, despite results appearing mixed. Yee’s new proposal, SB 219, could get […]

Supes Urge Regional Funding for Complete Street Redesign of Masonic

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 25, 2013 | 47 Comments

The plan to overhaul deadly Masonic Avenue with pedestrian safety upgrades and raised, protected bike lanes could get much of its funding from a regional grant program. The Masonic project has received a strong endorsement from three members of the Board of Supervisors, who sent a letter last week to the head of the SF County […]

Eyes on the Street: A Traffic Circle Sprouts Up in the Richmond

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 22, 2013 | 26 Comments

A new traffic circle has cropped up at 23rd and Anza Street in the Richmond District as part of traffic calming measures being implemented by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency. As KRON 4’s Stanley Roberts showed in his “People Behaving Badly” segment yesterday, some drivers are still getting used to the circle, since the treatment […]

Failing to Back Up His Words, Mayor Lee Won’t Fund SF’s Bike Strategy

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 13, 2013 | 40 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee has made it clear that he has no plans to take leadership on funding San Francisco’s vision for making bicycling a mainstream mode of transportation. During a question-and-answer session at yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Eric Mar asked the mayor how he will help fund the SFMTA’s Draft Bicycle Strategy, a […]

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