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Second Masonic Avenue Street Design Community Workshop Coming August 10th, 2010
TweetHow will the second Masonic Avenue Street Design Community Workshop differ from the first? No sé, mi amigo/a. [UPDATE: BIKE NOPA has some deets.] Anyway, this exercise in ascertainment bias,...
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Masonic Avenue Renderporn – Proposals to Add Medians, Drop Road Down to One Lane
TweetThis is what last night’s meeting, the Second Masonic Avenue Street Design Community Workshop, looked like. It started 15 minutes late, had a half-hour break scheduled, and it began with a rehash...
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Truth and Reconciliation Comes to Crappy Octavia Boulevard – SFCTA Hosts...
TweetOMG, it looks as if somebody is trying to Fix Octavia. Get the deets about today’s workshops and open house, below. IOW, hated Octavia Boulevard will be getting a little attention in the near...
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Here Comes the SFMTA, the People Who Run MUNI, to Save Us From Alcoholic...
TweetThis isn’t my “preferred option,” but it’s the preferred option, so there you go. Click to expand How much will this cost? Tens of millions, before overruns. $50,000,000 per mile or about $50,000...
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Say Cheese! Here are Your Fairly New Red Light Cameras of Poorly Designed...
TweetOr that’s my guess, anyway, based on where this one’s pointed and the two white lights that are all set to go flash flash like a camera speedlight. Check it out at the dangerous intersection of...
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Horrible Five-Block Octavia Boulevard Claims Another Victim – Is This the...
TweetDetails of today’s accident on hated Octavia Boulevard can be found here, from Henry K. Lee and Nanette Asimov. Looking south from Fell: Click to expand The UCSF shuttle van: How did Octavia...
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At Least Our Poorly-Designed, “Livable Street,” P.O.S. Octavia Boulevard has...
TweetDo you know how painfully cheap it is to record on video a problematic street intersection 24-7 in this day and age? Well the City & County doesn’t, that’s for sure. Anyway, here’s your red...
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Octavia Boulevard is Our Fork-Tailed Doctor Killer –“Livable Streets” Gone...
TweetLet’s see, where to start with horrible Octavia Boulevard. Oh, here we go, with some bold, confident words from all the way back in 2003: “The replacement freeway and Boulevard were charged with...
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Poorly-Designed Octavia “Boulevard” Proves Too Much for Mercedes-Driving Mom...
TweetTo the right of this accident scene is Octavia Boulevard. And to the left, a block away, is Octavia Street. And in the middle, you’ll see NIMBY Green with a newish Mercedes Benz CLS sitting on...
View ArticleThe Stated Objectives of the “Masonic Avenue Street Design Study” vs. Reality
TweetHey, it’s the Masonic Avenue Street Design Study: “About the Project – The primary goal of the Masonic Avenue Street Design Study is to identify how Masonic Avenue between Geary Boulevard and Fell...
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The “Save Masonic” People are Back Opposing Changes to Masonic Avenue – But...
TweetI’ll tell you, the “average,” the typical user of Masonic will in no way benefit from spending eight figures worth of taxpayer dollars on a 3000 foot stretch of Masonic betwixt Fell and the new...
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Wow, the Push to “STOP THE MASONIC PLAN” Seems to be Growing – But It’s Too...
TweetI’ll tell you, do you know how many residents put up signs to support using taxpayer money to decrease capacity on Masonic Avenue? None, zero, nada. But people on Masonic seem to love putting up...
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Octavia Boulevard: What the Hell Were They Thinking? Congested in the Four...
TweetAnd three useless medians are in there as well. This whole boulevard thing is a complete disaster. Hey, do you think the side roads were made to be “unattractive to through traffic?” Well, yes...
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Ed Reiskin Refuses to Comply with the SFMTA Citizens Advisory Council, So...
TweetHere’s the Citizens Advisory Council’s recommendation that Ed Reiskin, operator of America’s slowest and least efficient big-city transit system, has refused: “Motion 140122.01 – The SFMTA CAC...
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UC Berkeley Professors Took Away Part of Our Retrofitted Central Freeway –...
TweetVia Eric Fisher, who’s Everywhere You Want To Be, we see, among other items, this proposal for what’s left of our Central Freeway: Read the first sentence – it’s ABSOLUTELY WRONG* about how great...
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