Recent Streetsblog SF posts about North Beach

North Beach Meeting on Sidewalk Bulbs Gets Tense; SFMTA to Paint Demos

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 1, 2015 | 13 Comments

A public meeting in North Beach became tense yesterday as residents and firefighters opposed to basic street safety measures continued to assert that sidewalk bulb-outs are dangerous. To appease skeptics, the SFMTA announced that the bulb-outs planned at four intersections on Columbus Avenue will be tested first by installing painted “safety zones” in August. Construction of concrete […]

Mayor Appoints Livable Streets Proponent Julie Christensen as D3 Supe

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 7, 2015 | 8 Comments

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. Christensen fills the seat left by David Chiu after his election to the State Assembly. She has shown promise as a neighborhood leader who stands behind changes […]

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Extending the Central Subway: Why Stop at Fisherman’s Wharf?

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 5, 2014 | 35 Comments

The nascent prospect of extending the Central Subway beyond Chinatown gained steam this week with the release of a preliminary city study [PDF] that lays out some conceptual proposals to bring the subway further into the city’s northern neighborhoods. North Beach neighbors, who are living with construction disruption as the tunnel’s drill is extracted in their backyards, […]

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SFMTA to Create Sansome Street Contra-Flow Lane for Muni’s 10, 12 Lines

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 1, 2014 | 5 Comments

The SFMTA plans to install a contra-flow transit lane for three blocks of Sansome Street near the Financial District, providing a faster and more direct route for Muni’s 10-Townsend and 12-Folsom bus routes. The new southbound lane would be reserved for transit, bicyclists, and commercial vehicles during daytime hours, and eliminate a detour that Muni […]

SFMTA Considers Restricting Cars on Crooked Lombard Street

By Aaron Bialick | May 19, 2014 | 59 Comments

The “crookedest street in the world” block of Lombard Street is a world-famous tourist attraction, but the resulting car traffic causes congestion and safety problems and may lead the SFMTA to ban tourists from driving that stretch. In an attempt to reduce pedestrian injuries and blocks-long car queues, the SFMTA Board of Directors on Tuesday […]

Columbus Safety Plans Vetted By Community, Opposed By Merchant Leader

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 5, 2013 | 38 Comments

Over two-thirds of the space on Columbus Avenue is devoted primarily to cars, yet only one-third of the people on the street are typically in automobiles. That’s according to a 2010 study of how to improve the design of Columbus, in which residents and transportation planners came to the conclusion that North Beach’s thoroughfare needs […]

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