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Assemblymember David Chiu has proposed a bill to give Muni greater authority to keep transit-only lanes and bus stops clear of cars using the enforcement cameras that are now on every bus.

SF voters may get more money than anticipated for better transit and safer streets from the passage of Proposition B, a measure crafted by Supervisor Scott Wiener to increase the share of general funds for transportation based on population growth.

Typo correction: The SFMTA says commercial vehicles are only allowed to double park when there is no legal parking space nearby.

Mayor Ed Lee shocked safe streets advocates when he told Streetsblog two weeks ago, "We shouldn’t promote bicycle safety over pedestrian safety over cars and parking" on Polk Street. "I think they’re all going to be important."

The SFMTA plans to study safer walking and biking routes on five of the Richmond District's north-south streets, which connect the Presidio and Golden Gate Park.

Supervisor London Breed has proposed a "Parking Flexibility Ordinance" that would make it easier for building owners and developers not to build car parking when it would impinge on the street environment for walking, bicycling, and transit. It would also count parking spaces against density limits, unless they're built underground.

The SFMTA has nixed a block of protected bike lane planned on Polk Street, where merchants including Mayor Ed Lee's optometrist have vocally opposed it to preserve car parking.

A civil jury has determined that a truck driver was negligent when he killed Amelie Le Moullac as she rode her bike at Folsom and Sixth Streets in August 2013, KQED's Bryan Goebel (Streetsblog SF's first editor) reported today:

Julie Christensen, a leading North Beach advocate for wider sidewalks and a Central Subway extension, has been appointed as the new District 3 Supervisor by Mayor Ed Lee.