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Check Out the Transbay Designs at Yerba Buena Center
On a few earlier posts on this blog, I provided some photos I took of models and posters of the 3 proposed entries in the design competition for the Transbay Transit Center and its accompanying signature tower. There were also links to many more pictures provided by the architects themselves on their websites. If these … Continue reading
Bay Bridge Construction Finishes Early
C.C. Myers, the contractor responsible for repairing the MacArthur Maze in record time just a few months ago, has done it again. Although the Bay Bridge was scheduled to reopen Tuesday, September 4 at 5:00 am, the Chronicle is reporting that the bridge is set to reopen in just 45 minutes, at 6:00 pm tonight … Continue reading
Bay Bridge Closes This Weekend
UPDATE: This post is about the 2007 Bay Bridge closure. To read more information on the 2009 Bay Bridge closure, click here. As you’ve probably noticed (thanks to months upon months of tireless advertising), the Bay Bridge is going to be entirely closed for the whole 3-day Labor Day weekend (as the photo states, from … Continue reading
Spare the Air on August 29
UPDATE: Enjoy more free transit for another Spare the Air day on August 30! Officials have announced that tomorrow, August 29, will be a Spare the Air Day, for the first time this summer. And you know what that means… free rides on public transit! Muni and all buses in the Bay Area will be … Continue reading
Muni is a Mess
Muni is a mess. We all know it, and (unless you’re a politician whose chance of getting reelected is contingent on your ability to convince voters that, contrary to popular belief, Muni is not a mess) mostly anyone who rides it regularly will generally just come right out and say it. Why not wear it, … Continue reading
What’s Your Walk Score?
One of the themes I hope to discuss in this blog is how to improve the pedestrian experience. Above all, we should design our neighborhoods so that they are conducive to walking and use of public transit, rather than increasing convenience for automobiles. Walking and public transit are flip sides of the same coin, and … Continue reading
Honeymoon on Amtrak
Let’s say you walk down the aisle, express lifetime devotion and commitment to your sweetheart, and then you wonder to yourself: where do we go for the honeymoon? Sure, you could try for the clichéd (and environmentally unfriendly) flight to Hawai’i to laze around on sparkling beaches and stare at palm trees waving in tropical … Continue reading
Remembering the 15-Third
In April, after construction delays and budget overruns, Muni, at long last, inaugurated its newest rail line, the T-Third Street. Advertised as “Connecting People, Connecting Communities”, the T-Third Street is an investment in some of San Francisco’s long-overlooked communities, particularly the humbler Bayview and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods, in the southeastern corner of the city — … Continue reading
Hefty Development Proposed for Dublin
Dublin is a suburb in the outer East Bay that in the past has not shied away from development, but if a new project proposed by Pleasanton-based developer Charter Properties is built, the town could finally be placed on the map. Sources on this project seem slightly contradictory and could just be reporting two different … Continue reading
Compromise Reached in Mounting Parking Battle
A couple months ago, Donald Fisher — founder of the Gap, and a billionaire Republican to boot — announced his plan to unleash upon San Francisco an example of his own peculiar brand of “philanthropy,” this time taking the form of a parking initiative that was initially planned to appear on the ballot this November. … Continue reading
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