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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 […]

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 […]

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Great Highway Re-Paving to Come With Minor Bike-Ped Upgrades

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 17, 2013 | 17 Comments

The Great Highway, the motorway that divides Ocean Beach from the Outer Sunset and Richmond, is set to get some bike lane and pedestrian improvements north of Lincoln Way as part of a nine-month re-paving project started this week by the Department of Public Works. The 6-foot painted bike lanes planned between Lincoln and Cabrillo Street would […]

Livable Streets Concerns Overshadowed at Geary Blvd BRT Meeting

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 28, 2009 | 9 Comments

Supervisor Eric Mar, right, sought to ease concerns and set straight untrue rumors about the Geary BRT project. Photos: Michael Rhodes At a community meeting in the Richmond last night, planners from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and Supervisor Eric Mar sought public input on the Geary Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit project – and […]

Seeking Accountability for Poor Curb-Ramp Installation on Park Presidio

By Susan Vaughan | Jun 12, 2009 | 6 Comments

Photo: Susan Vaughan In early April, Caltrans contractors replaced the sidewalk curb ramps along Park Presidio, but left without ensuring a smooth transition between the clean, new curb ramps and the road pavement. Instead, they filled in the spaces between the curb ramps and the roads with bumpy, uneven black asphalt – or they left […]