Recent Streetsblog LA posts about San Francisco

L.A. vs. S.F.: How Does Transportation Really Compare?

By Joe Linton | Mar 3, 2015 | 35 Comments

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: […]

A Brief History of San Francisco Critical Mass

By Chris Carlsson | Dec 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

(I figured some of you would enjoy this. Originally posted as "A Lost Decade for San Francisco’s Critical Mass?" at SF Streetsblog – DN) Critical Mass rolls down Lombard Street, July 2007. Photo by Chris Carlsson Well, no. We’ve had a great run in the 2000s. Averaging between 750 and 3000 riders on any given […]

Streetfilms: Making a Better Market Steet in San Francisco

By John Hamilton | Dec 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

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 […]

Best Practices: Bay Area Developers Ditch Parking for More Units

By Matthew Roth | Nov 11, 2009 | 2 Comments

When it comes to building new developments in the Bay Area, especially in San Francisco, the battle over limiting the construction of new parking spaces is pitched. Parking reform advocacy organizations like Livable City, which maintains a listserv populated by car-free and livable-city advocates keeping a keen watch on planning commission parking exemptions, have long […]

SF Responds to Bike Injunction With 1353 Page Enviro Review

By Matthew Roth | Dec 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

San Francisco’s Market Street. Two and a half years after a judge issued an injunction preventing the city from adding any new bicycle infrastructure to its streets, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and the San Francisco Planning Department have released a 1353-page Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the San Francisco Bicycle Plan. At a cost […]