President Barack Obama's impending San Francisco visit for a fundraiser at the W Hotel this afternoon will result in several street closures for at least one hour. If you drive or ride on the following streets at noon today, please find an alternate route: more ›

A multi-vehicle accident at 6th Street and Harrison has resulted a street closure. "Avoid the area until after 5pm. Possible delays after 5pm due to commute congestion," notes Alert SF. more ›

Speaking of speed limits, SFMTA engineers today approved lowering the speed limit on Folsom and Howard Streets between 13th Street to the Embarcadero and the Embarcadero to South Van Ness, respectively. The new speed will go from 30 MPH to 25 MPH. This comes on the heels of two local residents who advocated for more pedestrian safety following a neighbor who was struck and killed in a crosswalk in 2004 by a big right making a right turn off of Main onto Harrison. Seven years and a new district supervisor later, success has finally been made. more ›

BikeNOPA has some wound-relieving wounds for cyclists who bumble their way through Golden Gate Park on a daily basis. The long stretch of Golden Gate Park will receive a much-needed repaving in time for Spring. more ›

Due to shifting sands, Great Highway, between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard, will be closed to vehicle traffic this week during the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. starting Monday morning. Crews will be trimming vegetation from the medians and relocating sand to improve visibility. [Via BCN/SFA] more ›

As part of the Doyle Drive replacement, parts of Highway 1 at the Highway 101 interchange will close tonight and tomorrow. The Chronicle reports: "From 10 p.m. today until 10 a.m. Saturday, the ramp from northbound Highway 1 to northbound Highway 101 will be closed. The southbound Highway 101 to southbound Highway 1 ramp will shut down from 10 p.m. Saturday until 10 a.m. Sunday." [Chron] more ›

For those of you wringing your hands over Masonic Avenue, you're in luck. On June 15, the city will hold a public workshop to present a few different plans, listen to neighbors' ideas and ideas, spitball about how to make it a nicer street, and show old war wounds. more ›

According to Streetsblog, unlike some of their neighbors two miles South, Western Addition residents are embracing their Pavement to Parks parklet on Divisadero. The parklet, which extends the sidewalk between Hayes and Grove Streets in front of Mojo Bicycle Cafe, giving the venue more outdoor seating, is one month into its six-month trial and is reportedly hugely popular. more ›

The folks at Streesblog are looking for a few good (and, God willing, entertaining) fillmmakers to document the streets of San Francisco, if you will. They say: "we are now seeking future Streetfilms filmmakers who can help us document best practices in the Bay Area, and highlight some of the glaring problems and policy failures preventing livable streets." Problems like, say, getting the valet's attention at Le Club, or how to effectively cram your mini-SUV into a 'compact' space, or any number of street- or transportation-related issues. more ›

...It gets cleaned up in 30 minutes flat. more ›

TODAY: Critical Mass, 6 p.m. Bicycle ride will begin from Justin Herman Plaza and end all up in your face. You've been warned. more ›

Did you know that the Taxi Commission is going to be transferring their duties over to the SFMTA (the blob that runs Muni, parking meters, traffic lights, and stuff like that)? By consolidating all of SF's ground transportation under one agency, the MTA can ensure that all trips throughout the city are slow, unreliable, and involve a minimum of 75% surliness. (SF's taxi-surliness index is currently hovering just under 60%.) more ›

Finally, our long city nightmare is over. No, not the homeless, lack of affordable housing, Barry Zito, or hipster beards, but potholes-- lots and lots of potholes. To deal with them, the city is planning to spend $38 million to fix some of them. more ›