SF News Should SF Streets Get Speed-Enforcement Cameras? San Francisco already has red-light cameras, but should we add speed cameras to the mix? Following the tragic deaths of two cyclists last week, the Chronicle's C.W. Nevius picks up the question
SF News Report: It Costs $29K To Build One On-Street Parking Spot In SF Parking in SF is an expensive hassle — we all know this. But a new report out of UCLA picked up by Curbed suggests that the financial burden manifests in ways other than the
SF News Map Renames SF Streets After Tech Companies To Make Our Heads Explode The Lyft Embarcadero. Postmates Street. IDGA Ventures USA Boulevard. Those are just a few new names for San Francisco thoroughfares according to the latest shudder-inducing experiment from mapping software company CartoDB. In it,
SF News Dedicated Bike Lane Coming To Folsom By Year's End In the wake of cyclist Amelie Le Moullac's death at the corner of Folsom and Sixth, the city announced plans for a bike lane between Fourth and Eleventh streets. "By the end of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Traffic Report: Stuck Truck On Divis Feeling trapped at work on this sunny day? Can't wait to get out of town for your Labor Day weekend? At least you're not this guy, who managed to get his big-rig royally
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Is Steep, In Leaning House Photos Do you have vertigo? Do you want some? It's one of San Francisco's favorite photo subjects, and today we bring you a selection of our favorite leaning house photos to illustrate just how
SF News Lombard Street: A Tree Falls On Lexus Poor guy. He owns the Lexus that this 40ft tree fell on. Hear from him @8:30a @ktvu 1 WB lane on Lombard/Laguna open twitter.com/janinektvu/sta — Janine De la Vega
SF News Sinkhole Threatens To Swallow Inner Richmond Street Around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, a large sinkhole opened up beneath the intersection of Second Avenue and Lake Streets in the Inner Richmond. Several news helicopters were spotted hovering over the
Arts & Entertainment City's Coolest, Craziest Old Man Doesn't Need No Stinking Automobile SFist reader Regina Moore sent us these pics her savvy mom, Theresa, snapped while riding home from Stonestown. "My mom sent this along to me today, it's her trip home from the Trader
SF News San Diego Gets Harvey Milk Street Down in the land of flip flops and fish tacos, Harvey Milk's legacy will be honored via a new street name. San Diego will rename a street in honor of the slain gay
SF News President Obama's Noontime Visit Street Closures 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
SF News Street Closure: 6th and Harrison 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.
SF News Speed Limit Lowering on Folsom and Howard 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
SF News Cyclists, Rejoice: MLK Drive In Golden Gate Park Getting Makeover 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
SF News Shifting Sands Cause Week-Long Closure of Great Highway This Week 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
SF News Your Friday, Saturday Night Highway 1 Closures 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.
SF News Fix Masonic Workshop Coming Up 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
misc Trial Divisadero Parklet a Hit 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
misc Calling All Filmmakers: Streetsfilms Wants You to Film Pavement and 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
misc When a Tree [Branch] Falls in the City... ...It gets cleaned up in 30 minutes flat. This morning we heard what sounded like our crazy upstairs neighbor throwing trash off the fire escape, but then later glimpsed outside the window to
SF News Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Getting Around the City This Wekend Will Blow 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. SUNDAY: Hairrison Street Fair/Bear Week, 11 a.m.
misc Know-It-Alls Form Taxi Group, Formulate Plan to Claim Vague Accomplishments Of course the real question is: how can you, the average Joe, meddle and interfere with this process? Well, you can't. Not much. The MTA is soliciting applications for the "Taxi Advisory Group,
