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Reminder: March 24th Streetfilms Celebration and Fundraiser

SF Streets Blog - Alright Streetfilms fans, get ready for an inspiring evening of films and art with the man who started it all, Clarence Eckerson. Please join us...

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Streetfilms: Making Muni Faster and More Reliable by Speeding Up Boarding

SF Streets Blog - Some of the most important changes for Muni are also the simplest ones. That's the message of a five-part Streetfilms series on ways to speed up...

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San Francisco May Get Its First Green Bike Lane on Fell Street

San Francisco May Get Its First Green Bike Lane on Fell Street

SF Streets Blog - Image: SFMTA San Francisco would get its first green bike lane under a new MTA proposal (PDF) to fix the troubled intersection of Divisadero and Fell streets near the entrance to the Arco station, where...

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Speeding Up Muni By Letting All Aboard, Through Any Door

Speeding Up Muni By Letting All Aboard, Through Any Door

SF Streets Blog - The back door of one of Muni's new low-floor buses. All-door boarding and more low-floor buses could speed up Muni by reducing boarding time. Photo: Michael Rhodes Some of the most important...

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Inhofe Questions Transit and Bike-Ped Investments in House Transport Bill

SF Streets Blog - The senior Republican on the Senate environment panel today criticized the House's six-year transportation bill, lamenting that the measure focus...

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Today's Headlines

SF Streets Blog - Union Concerned Muni GPS On-Time Tracker Will Mean More Lost Jobs (Examiner) Controller Finishes Muni Work Order Audit, But Still Not Public (SF Weekly)...

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Breaking News: Pedestrian Killed at 4th and King This Morning

SF Streets Blog - This morning just after 5 am a pedestrian was killed when a garbage truck hit another truck, sending that vehicle careening into the victim. Major...

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Newsom Christens New Mojo Cafe Parklet, Pledges More to Come

Newsom Christens New Mojo Cafe Parklet, Pledges More to Come

SF Streets Blog - Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, DPW Director Ed Reiskin, and Mayor Gavin Newsom standing in what used to be two parking spaces. Photos: Matthew RothWith scores of people crowding the sidewalk and taking up...

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Eyes on the Street: Frightening Car Crash at Sloat and 19th Ave

SF Streets Blog - These are photos of a serious crash at the intersection of Sloat and 19th Avenue that happened just after 1 pm today. Thanks to Streetsblog reader Nick...

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Better Streets Plan Provisions Stripped from Chiu Garage Legislation

SF Streets Blog - Revised legislation could slow down Ellis Act evictions in Chinatown, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill, but would not require garages to meet the design...

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Better Streets Plan Provisions Stripped from Garage Legislation

Better Streets Plan Provisions Stripped from Garage Legislation

SF Streets Blog - Revised legislation could slow down Ellis Act evictions in Chinatown, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill, but would not require garages to meet the design principles in the Better Streets Plan. Photo:...

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Council Debate Over Sausalito Bicycle Tax Postponed to April

Council Debate Over Sausalito Bicycle Tax Postponed to April

SF Streets Blog - Photo:Bike and Roll San FranciscoGrowing tension over how, or even whether, Sausalito can accommodate the flood of summer tourists riding rented bicycles into the village spawned a plan by one city...

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Protected Bike Lane on Market Street Keeps Getting Better

Protected Bike Lane on Market Street Keeps Getting Better

SF Streets Blog - The new pavement markings make it much clearer where cyclists and cars are supposed to switch lanes on Market Street near 11th Street. Photos: Matthew Roth The gradually evolving traffic rearrangement...

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Cyclists Be Warned, the New Acura Is Coming to Town

Cyclists Be Warned, the New Acura Is Coming to Town

SF Streets Blog - It always makes my skin crawl when I see a car commercial shot in a city with a sporty sedan hurtling down the street, promising ersatz liberation through reckless driving. But the conversation Joe...

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Standing Up to Sit-Lie

Standing Up to Sit-Lie

SF Streets Blog - Hippies and punks have been sitting on Haight Street for almost a half century. Will they soon be criminals? As San Francisco moves closer to a decision on a new sit-lie ordinance that proponents say...

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