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Mayor, SFMTA, Walk SF Announce First 15 MPH School Zone
San Francisco became the first large California city to implement a 15 mph speed zone around a school this morning, as SFMTA workers installed one of four signs that will go up around George Peabody Elementary School on 7th Avenue in the Richmond District. It's part of a groundbreaking citywide initiative pushed by walking advocates to implement safe speed zones around 200 schools, and comes right as the school year is beginning this week.
August 18, 2011
Recession Forcing Cutbacks at Nearly 80 Percent of U.S. Transit Agencies
How bad have the past two years been for transit agencies in the United States? In a word: bad. In two words: very bad.
August 17, 2011
Why the SFMTA Doesn’t Install Short-Term Residential Bike Parking
Earlier this year, I hired one of my favorite bike courier companies to deliver an urgent parcel. When the messenger arrived at my door to pick it up (I work from home), he complained about the lack of bike parking in the neighborhood. He knew who I was and asked, bluntly: "Why doesn't Streetsblog have bike parking?"
August 16, 2011
The Tenderloin Finally Gets a Taste of Car-Free Sunday Streets
Mary San George was sitting outside her neighborhood flower store yesterday, facing the historic residential high-rise building on O'Farrell Street where she has lived for 27 years, and marveling at something she very rarely gets to experience in her Tenderloin neighborhood: a street full of people instead of cars.
August 15, 2011
A Year After Bike Injunction Lifting, SF Blazes Ahead With Improvements
It was one year ago last Thursday that a San Francisco judge freed the city from its four-year-old bicycle injunction, and allowed the SFMTA to finally begin building out the long stalled Bike Plan. Since the chains were unlocked, the number of bicyclists on the streets has dramatically risen, thanks in no small part to the new infrastructure that has made cycling more inviting to people of all ages.
August 11, 2011
Streets Bond Measure Headed to November Ballot
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of occasional stories on the "2011 Road Repaving and Street Safety Bond."
July 29, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Dangerous Rincon Hill Intersection Gets New Crosswalks
SFMTA crews have installed new continental crosswalks at the intersection of Harrison and Main streets, seven years after pedestrian advocates in Rincon Hill began lobbying the agency for changes following the death of retired SF State journalism professor Beverly Kees. In addition, the pedestrian countdown signals have been timed to give pedestrians a four-second head start.
July 26, 2011