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• Market and Van Ness "You are a sad and angry old man..."

  ...the heart of the city to encourage population density there, including 40-story highrises at Market and Van Ness! The Bicycle Coalition supports the M/O Plan, by the way, apparently because it restricts...

  Published by District 5 Diary on November 30, 2009.

• 1000 Howard Street Why is this legal? 3

  Should it be legal to teach children how to vandalize our city? Isn't that carrying progressivism too far? Thanks to the Bay Area Blog by the NY Times, we learn that the folks at 1000 Howard Street offer such classes:

  Published by District 5 Diary on November 9, 2009.

• Harrison & 3rd "Critical Mass lost a supporter today"

  ...far more supporters than it gains. While waiting through fifteen or so light cycles at Harrison & 3rd on Halloween, I saw Critical Mass riders force a fire truck with its siren on...

  Published by District 5 Diary on November 6, 2009.

• Market and Geary "Critical Mass lost a supporter today"

  ...with at least 50 disgruntled passengers, as Critical Mass interrupted our route twice (once at Market and Geary, and again at Geary and Van Ness). The bus was filled with people who would...

  Published by District 5 Diary on November 6, 2009.

• 755 Morse St. Walk to school or bike to school?

  ...SF's new Safe Routes to School Program on Wed., Oct. 7th at Longfellow Elementary (755 Morse St.). The SF Bicycle Coalition is thrilled to be partnering with the SF Dept. of Public...

  Published by District 5 Diary on October 29, 2009.

• Market and Van Ness The "transit-rich" myth and Octavia Boulevard

  ...city, which involves changing city zoning laws on density, building heights--40-story highrises at Market and Van Ness!---and setbacks/backyards to give developers incentives. And, of course, the new regs limit the...

  Published by District 5 Diary on October 14, 2009.

• Market and Octavia Plan The "transit-rich" myth and Octavia Boulevard

  ...with housing and retail space, the Big Thinkers in the Planning Department hatched the grandiose Market and Octavia Plan that encompasses a much larger part of the middle of the city, from Turk Street...

  Published by District 5 Diary on October 14, 2009.

• Hayes and Market Street The "transit-rich" myth and Octavia Boulevard

  ...Blvd. is now a perpetual traffic jam, with few businesses located on that street between Hayes and Market Street. Essentially all the city has done is bring freeway traffic onto the surface streets of...

  Published by District 5 Diary on October 14, 2009.

• Market and Octavia Octavia Boulevard: "a jewel in our city"?

  ...restoring sunlight to neighborhoods robbed of it for decades. The freeway now touches down at Market and Octavia where a tree-lined boulevard is anchored with a park. "That whole Hayes Valley area...

  Published by District 5 Diary on October 13, 2009.

• Fell and Franklin Octavia Boulevard: "a jewel in our city"?

  ...freeway is also gone. The elevated structure cutting across Market Street with ramps at Gough, Fell and Franklin was torn down, restoring sunlight to neighborhoods robbed of it for decades. The freeway now...

  Published by District 5 Diary on October 13, 2009.

• 1515 Broadway The Times Square debacle

  Most Times Square property owners are similarly appalled. One of them termed the reconfiguration "ugly" and "bizarre." (An exception: SL Green, which owns 1515 Broadway and says it "fully supports" the scheme.)

  Published by District 5 Diary on September 29, 2009.

• Fillmore and Geary Another dumb idea from Mirkarimi

  Last year Supervisor Mirkarimi won my Dumbest Idea of the Year award for proposing the elimination of the traffic underpass at Fillmore and Geary. http://district5diary.blogspot.com/2009/01/district-5-diary-year-end-awards-for.html

  Published by District 5 Diary on September 19, 2009.

• Mission and Fifth Big Thinking from Burning Man

  ...Harvey and city officials even toured the San Francisco Chronicle building at the corner of Mission and Fifth streets, which Hearst Corporation has had on the real estate market for some time, exploring...

  Published by District 5 Diary on September 16, 2009.

• Ninth and Irving "Improving" Divisadero

  ...area, mainly because people from outside the neighborhood can't park, unlike, for example, the Ninth and Irving area, which prospers in part because of the parking in that neighborhood...

  Published by District 5 Diary on September 12, 2009.

• Divisadero and Grove "Improving" Divisadero

  ...end result. The Examiner reporter interviews Michael Richardson, the owner of the barbecue joint at Divisadero and Grove...

  Published by District 5 Diary on September 12, 2009.

• Divisadero Street between Geary Boulevard and Waller Street "Improving" Divisadero

  Starting Monday, city crews will break ground on a major facelift of Divisadero Street between Geary Boulevard and Waller Street that is expected to last until early 2011. For those familiar with the corridor’s...

  Published by District 5 Diary on September 12, 2009.

• Market and Van Ness Randy Shaw: NIMBY

  ...have pushed through the Market/Octavia Plan, which will bring 40-story highrises to the Market and Van Ness area...

  Published by District 5 Diary on August 26, 2009.

• Leavenworth at Eddy C.W. Nevius and SF progressives

  Paul on Leavenworth at Eddy: "That's a fed, or a cop. Look at the glasses and jacket."

  Published by District 5 Diary on August 16, 2009.

• Tenth and Fulton The Richmond District is okay

  ...the new, 800-space garage under the Concourse in Golden Gate Park should use the Tenth and Fulton entrance, that there was no need for an inside-the-park entrance to the garage...

  Published by District 5 Diary on August 9, 2009.

• Market and Van Ness The Richmond District is okay

  ...build market-rate housing in an already densely-populated area, including 40-story highrises at Market and Van Ness! The M/O Plan, by the way, is explicitly based on the half-baked, "transit...

  Published by District 5 Diary on August 9, 2009.

• 2nd Street between King Street and Market Street The EIR on the Bicycle Plan is inadequate

  ...claim that although Project 2-1 and Project 2-16 (construction of bicycle lanes on 2nd Street between King Street and Market Street and on Townsend Street between 8th Street and The Embarcadero) would result in significant delays...

  Published by District 5 Diary on August 5, 2009.

• Masonic and Presidio The Geary BRT: "a raucous meeting"

  Bicycle lanes are not included in any of the scenarios for Geary, except for a short section between Masonic and Presidio avenues that will connect a network of bike lanes running on streets perpendicular to the corridor.

  Published by District 5 Diary on August 5, 2009.

• Ninth and Irving Cutesifying Divisadero

  ...I suspect that, unfortunately, most of these "vibrant" businesses won't survive the recession. (The Ninth and Irving area shows how it can be done, with some small parking lots that make the...

  Published by District 5 Diary on July 6, 2009.

• Fowler and Portola Bicycle Plan will screw up city traffic

  Two on Fowler and Portola and Woodside/ O’Shaughnessy/Portola

  Published by District 5 Diary on June 23, 2009.

• Potrero and 16th Bicycle Plan will screw up city traffic

  Potrero and 16th

  Published by District 5 Diary on June 23, 2009.

• Fremont and Howard Bicycle Plan will screw up city traffic

  Fremont and Howard

  Published by District 5 Diary on June 23, 2009.

• Seventh and Townsend Bicycle Plan will screw up city traffic

  Seventh and Townsend

  Published by District 5 Diary on June 23, 2009.

• Church Street at Market Bicycle Plan will screw up city traffic

  ...would occur along Second Street between Market and Townsend streets, along with an intersection on Church Street at Market and 14th streets, the report said...

  Published by District 5 Diary on June 23, 2009.

• Second Street between Market and Townsend Bicycle Plan will screw up city traffic

  ...the increased congestion and by a lane dedicated to cyclists. Similar problems would occur along Second Street between Market and Townsend streets, along with an intersection on Church Street at Market and 14th streets, the report...

  Published by District 5 Diary on June 23, 2009.

• Masonic Avenue between Fell Street and Geary Boulevard Bicycle Plan will screw up city traffic

  Four intersections along Masonic Avenue between Fell Street and Geary Boulevard would see greater congestion if bike lanes were added, particularly during peak commute hours. The...

  Published by District 5 Diary on June 23, 2009.