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San Francisco cut the ribbon on an innovative public space "in the heart of downtown" today that will greatly improve the pedestrian realm in the Union Square shopping district. Hundreds of people spilled into the two-block Powell Street Promenade on Powell between Ellis and Geary for the official grand opening.

The Powell Street Promenade, billed as the marquee project of San Francisco's Pavement to Parks program, is starting to take shape along two blocks of Powell Street near Union Square, and will be officially unveiled to the public in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Ed Lee on Wednesday.

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Editor's Note: Last month, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood invited Streetsblog readers to submit questions for a Q&A installment on his blog, the Fast Lane. Here are his answers. (For maximum effect, picture the secretary delivering these remarks while standing on a table.)

As we enter the final week of our summer fundraising push, Streetsblog San Francisco and PUBLIC Bikes are giving our readers one more opportunity to win a new bicycle, while supporting your online voice for more livable streets. Our last PUBLIC Bike contest was a great success and this time we're hoping even more people will donate and qualify to win.

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In a unanimous vote, the SFMTA Board of Directors this afternoon approved a $384,000 severance package for outgoing Executive Director/CEO Nat Ford, and announced that the agency will accept applications for the top job until July 1, when he is scheduled to depart.

I'm really happy to report that our 48-hour PUBLIC Bikes contest was a success. The winner of our random drawing picked this morning chose to remain anonymous, but we know she's going to love her new PUBLIC Bike and we wish her the very best. Congratulations!