Starting Thursday, a one-block section of Howard Street between 3rd and 4th Streets will be closed to make room for Oracle’s OpenWorld Conference exhibits that won’t fit into Moscone Center. The block of roadway is scheduled to reopen at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 26th. The SFMTA’s Nathaniel Ford advises folks to [...]

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I almost forgot to mention this (Eric reminded me on his Transbay Blog post)- the E-Embarcadero will be running on Sunday, a preview of what’s to come. Please take a ride back and forth on the E streetcar line, show your support and desire to get this line up and running sooner rather later.
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This stuck out to me as something I haven’t really given much consideration, but it is interesting to note. Muni has a rule that strollers should be folded up while on a Muni vehicle. I assume the thought process is to try to save other passengers from getting new bruises on their shins [...]

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If you’re interested in providing input on the Draft Better Streets Plan that will guide the design of streetscapes as the opportunities arise to redo them to hopefully serve pedestrians and other modes of transportation beside cars better, please head over to the Better Streets web site, check out the draft plans, and fill out [...]

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FYI, you’ll want to give yourself lots of time if you planned on driving across the Bay Bridge this afternoon/early evening. A fire on the west side of Yerba Buena Island is slowing traffic to a crawl - the fire department also has the southern most lanes on the top and bottom levels closed [...]

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