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L.A. vs. S.F.: How Does Transportation Really Compare?
Last week, the Los Angeles Times published an article titled, "San Francisco residents relying less on private automobiles." It is summarized at today's Metro transportation headlines. The Times highlighted recent good news, reported in early February at Streetsblog SF, that 52 percent of San Francisco trips are taken by means other than a private car: walk, bike, transit, taxi, etc. The data are from a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) survey examining all trips, not just commuting. The time frame is from 2012 through 2014.
March 3, 2015
A Brief History of San Francisco Critical Mass
(I figured some of you would enjoy this. Originally posted as "A Lost Decade for San Francisco's Critical Mass?" at SF Streetsblog - DN)
December 22, 2009
Streetfilms: Making a Better Market Steet in San Francisco
For decades, planners and transportation specialists have debated how
San Francisco's most important street could be re-visioned to make it
work better for transit, pedestrians, cyclists, shoppers, and those
living on or near it. Now, as the Better Market Street Project moves
forward with trial traffic diversions, the Art in Storefronts project, music and programming in public spaces, greening along sidewalks, and pedestrian safety improvements,
San Francisco's political class is intent on revitalizing the street
for the long haul. Though the concrete vision for what Market Street
will eventually look like is some ways off, there is more effort now
than in many years to improve the public realm and ensure the street
lives up to its great potential.
December 18, 2009
Best Practices: Bay Area Developers Ditch Parking for More Units
And who should they hang for granting variances permitting
higher than 2:1 ratios, as happened last week when a two-unit home at
2626 Larkin Street in Russian Hill received permission from the San
Francisco Planning Commission to build five parking spaces, one with a
parking stacker for additional cars?
November 11, 2009
SF Responds to Bike Injunction With 1353 Page Enviro Review
San Francisco's Market Street.
December 1, 2008