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Letter From London: What a Mayoral Commitment to Cycling Looks Like
A few weeks after SF Mayor Ed Lee displayed a total lack of commitment to the city's Bike Strategy, London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced an aggressive $1.3 billion plan for a comprehensive bike network, including protected bike lanes.
March 8, 2013
Failing to Back Up His Words, Mayor Lee Won’t Fund SF’s Bike Strategy
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.
February 13, 2013
SF’s Pedestrian Strategy: A Smart But Unfunded Vision for Safer Streets
Two years after the Pedestrian Safety Task Force formed to devise a plan to meet the ambitious targets for reducing injuries set by former Mayor Gavin Newsom, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency has released its Draft Pedestrian Strategy [PDF]. The document serves as a rough guide for how the city can re-engineer streets and target traffic enforcement to make walking safer in the coming years.
January 31, 2013
Mayor’s Transpo Chief: “Let’s Be San Francisco and Take Down the Freeway”
The idea of removing the northern section of Highway 280 near Mission Bay is gaining more traction as planners look for ideal ways to usher in high-speed rail and transit-oriented development in downtown San Francisco.
January 11, 2013
Lacking Details, Officials Tout Upcoming SF Ped Action Strategy
While there's no concrete Pedestrian Action Strategy (formerly the "Action Plan") for San Franciscans to read over yet, city officials went ahead and held a press conference today to tell the public the document is coming next month.
December 19, 2012
Will City Hall Get on Board With Extending Parking Meter Hours?
Giving away free curbside car parking when it's in demand on Sundays and evenings just doesn't make any sense.
March 15, 2012
Mayor Lee Backs SFPark Dogpatch/Potrero Plan at Supes Meeting
Mayor Ed Lee stood behind the merits of the SFMTA's SFPark program at a Board of Supervisors meeting today when questioned about the recent backlash against parking meter expansions in the Dogpatch and Potrero Hill neighborhoods. Those proposals have been put on hold while the SFMTA conducts more outreach to neighbors and merchants.
February 14, 2012
Will SF’s Leaders Turn Transport Policy Innovations Into Lasting Change?
San Francisco was one of two cities this week to receive the Institute for Transportation and Development's prestigious 2012 Sustainable Transport Award. No doubt, the ITDP award was well-deserved for the SFMTA's successful implementation of the groundbreaking SFPark program, as well as the SF Planning Department's proliferation of parklets under its Pavement to Parks program. Those efforts have grabbed attention around the world.
January 27, 2012
How Mayor Lee Can Make Smart Investments in Safer Streets in 2012
With Mayor Ed Lee inaugurated to his first full term, Streetsblog is asking leading advocates and experts to lay out their ideas for how the mayor can move San Francisco’s transportation policy forward. We continue our series with today's installment from Elizabeth Stampe, executive director of Walk San Francisco.
January 17, 2012