Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Hayes Valley

SFPD Tickets Bike Commuters Trying to Get By Car Queue on Page Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 28, 2015 | 274 Comments

Here’s today’s edition of egregious waste of SFPD resources used to harass people on bikes. SFPD officers were posted at the bottom of the hill on Page Street at Octavia Boulevard this morning ticketing bike commuters who squeezed to the left of stopped cars. Freeway-bound drivers routinely queue up to turn right, occupying several blocks of Page’s only eastbound traffic […]

SFMTA Proposes Short-Term Safety Upgrades for Octavia Boulevard

By Aaron Bialick | May 7, 2015 | 4 Comments

Ten years after Octavia Boulevard opened in the footprint of the former Central Freeway, the SFMTA has proposed a package of short-term safety fixes for people walking and biking, especially along the cross streets. The upgrades could be implemented by the end of 2016. Proposals in the works include a bike lane on eastbound Page Street, a […]

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Planning Dept Releases Design Guide for “Living Alleys” Around Hayes Valley

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 27, 2015 | 4 Comments

The SF Planning Department released a design guide this week for “living alleys” [PDF], providing a template to transform SF’s narrow, low-traffic streets into places to gather and play. Inspired by the Dutch “woonerf” concept, the “Living Alleys Toolkit” lays out proven design measures that make smaller streets more inviting to stay and play on, giving street life […]

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Eyes on the Street: Octavia Car Queue Squeezes Out Bikes on Page Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 8, 2015 | 43 Comments

Page Street is a pretty great bicycle route to get downtown from the western neighborhoods — until you reach the two blocks that are typically backed up with cars waiting to turn on to Octavia Boulevard and the Central Freeway. Bike commuters are forced to squeeze by stopped cars, either to the left (in the mostly […]

Closed Crosswalks Remain Even in Today’s Walkable Hayes Valley

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 22, 2014 | 126 Comments

Hayes Valley may be one of the country’s densest and most walkable urban neighborhoods, but believe it or not, it still has three closed crosswalks — vestiges of the mid-20th century’s cars-first planning. “For many years, traffic engineers devised ways to pen people in, so that cars weren’t inconvenienced,” said Walk SF Executive Director Nicole Schneider. “Nowadays, […]

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