Bay Area Bike Share Planning Big Expansion, East Bay Bikes
A proposal to increase the number of bikes in the Bay Area Bike Share program from 700 to 7,000, and expand the network to include Oakland, Berkeley and Emeryville, will…
First Peek at Plaza Which Could Transform Market at Van Ness
A plugged-in source delivers the first detailed rendering and description of the 19,000-square-foot public plaza which could transform the intersection of Market and Van Ness, at the base of the…
The Impact Of Transforming Second Street
The Environmental Impact Report for San Francisco’s proposed Second Street Improvement Project, which intends to transform Second Street, from Market to King, into a pleasant “multi-modal corridor” and “green connector,”…
SF’s Push To “Bridge The Bay” And Priortity Areas For Development
To quote San Francisco’s Planning Department which is pushing to develop a cohesive, long-term plan for the city: “We need to collaborate with our immediate geographic neighbors to develop a…
Three Designs for a Better Market Street and Bikes on Mission
The Better Market Street project has identified three alternatives for redesigning the 2.2‐mile segment of Market between Octavia Boulevard and The Embarcadero, alternatives which include the possible redesign of the…
How People Commute To Work In San Francisco
The way in which employees in San Francisco commute to work has changed a little but not a lot since 2008, with the share of those driving alone has dropped…
San Francisco’s Tech Sector Nearly Doubles In Four Years, But…
According to the Planning Department’s latest Commerce and Industry Inventory report for San Francisco, employment within the city’s tech sector has grown by almost 91% since 2009 – up from…
Caltrain Report Confirms Ballooning Budget And Project Delays
As we first reported last month: Originally expected to cost $1.5 billion and be operational in 2019, the budget to electrify Caltrain and install a new signaling system has be…
The Grand Plan And Timing To Transform SF’s Second Street
In the works for over a decade, San Francisco’s Second Street Improvement Project intends to transform Second Street, from Market to King, into a pleasant “multi-modal corridor” and “green connector,”…
Four New Policy Papers To Shape SF’s Central SoMa Plan
San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan will define the City’s vision and strategies, and the overall potential, for developing the area bounded by Market, Sixth, Second and Townsend Streets, 260 acres…