Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about San Francisco

Marin County Opens New Tunnel For Biking, Walking and Rolling

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Dec 14, 2010 | No Comments

Hundreds of cyclists and pedestrians — and more than a few elected officials — turned out on Friday afternoon last week to cut the ribbon on an impressive piece of infrastructure for human-powered travel — the long-awaited Cal Park Tunnel in Marin County, California. The project has been talked about since the late 1970s and […]

New Video Sim Bets San Franciscans Will Heart Performance Parking

By Matthew Roth | Aug 6, 2010 | No Comments

In a refreshing turn, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which runs Muni and manages the streets of San Francisco, has produced an informative and whimsical animated short explaining how their dynamic parking management pilot, SFPark, will work. The video (and pretty much everything else about the SFPark.org website) uses a cute Sim-City aesthetic […]

If Bus Stops Disappear, What Will Happen to All That Space?

By Noah Kazis | May 26, 2010 | 7 Comments

Photo: cyclosity/Flickr Starting June 27, 570 bus stops across New York City could disappear. Unless Congress delivers an 11th hour reprieve — still a distinct possibility — service cuts will axe or reroute dozens of bus lines, raising the question of what to do with all the curbside real estate at these potentially defunct stops. […]

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Transforming Pavement to Parks in San Francisco

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 18, 2010 | No Comments

In San Francisco, the Pavement to Parks program has launched an initiative that may someday alter the way U.S. cities treat their commercial strips. Taking the PARK(ing) Day concept a step further, the Parklets Program is experimenting with allowing businesses to convert parking spaces into public spaces and cafes. The first was installed in March […]

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Streetfilms: Bike-Centric Left Turn Markings on San Francisco’s “Wiggle”

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 31, 2010 | No Comments

"The Wiggle" is one of San Francisco’s most beloved bike routes, guiding riders between two nasty hills. It even has its own Wikipedia entry. It’s so popular, it’s hard to stand there at any time of day and not see packs of cyclists passing through! (Note: This is a camera person’s dream.) Recently, after a […]

San Francisco First City in the Nation to Count Its Parking Spaces

By Matthew Roth | Mar 30, 2010 | No Comments

Editor’s note: We linked to this story out of San Francisco in the headline stack this morning, and it’s worth a very close look. Experts counsel that the first step in reforming parking policies that promote driving is to measure the parking supply. The number one recommendation in "Suburbanizing the City" [PDF], the 2008 report […]

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