Tag: transportation

New City Parking Rules Go Into Effect with New Safety Bill

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Starting today, take care to avoid a parking ticket in Sunnyside and across the city. A new state law aimed at improving pedestrian safety will eliminate a significant number of parking spaces in San Francisco. The Daylighting to Save Lives Bill (AB 413) requires cities to “daylight” intersections by removing parking spaces that obstruct drivers’ views of pedestrians.

“Daylighting” allows clear sight lines for drivers and pedestrians to reduces dangerous crashes. Image curtesy SFMTA

This means that drivers will need to leave a parking space’s distance between their vehicle and a crosswalk, whether it’s painted or not. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) estimates that approximately 13,775 on-street parking spots will be lost throughout the city.

While the loss of so many parking spaces is likely to cause frustration for drivers the goal of the bill is to reduce pedestrian fatalities and injuries. The SFMTA plans to begin implementing the changes in the coming months, with full implementation expected by 2026.

Tues Oct 30: Environmental Review scoping meeting for Balboa Reservoir project

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Balboa Reservoir Project, HousingLeave a comment

There will be a public meeting to discuss the scope of the Balboa Reservoir project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR)–which will consider what possibilities and configurations of the project, and its streets, buildings, and infrastructure, will be studied for their environmental impacts. This will be an opportunity to learn more about and comment on the proposed EIR scope of work. More about opportunities to comment below.

Here is the Notice of Preparation from the Planning Dept, which describes the scope of the project to be studied for environmental impacts.

When: October 30th (Tuesday), 6-8pm.

Where: Lick Wilmerding High School cafeteria (755 Ocean Avenue). [Transit: Balboa Park BART; 8-Bayshore, 29-Sunset, 43-Masonic, 49-VanNess, K-Ingleside, 54-Felton.]

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Have your say: Environmental study for Balboa Reservoir housing project

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Next Tuesday Oct 30, there is a public meeting to discuss what options are to be studied in the environmental impact review (EIR) process for the Balboa Reservoir housing project. Nothing can be built in future that wasn’t studied now, so the scope of the review is critical. Below is a brief summary of the options and variants that are currently planned for study. (Details on how to comment at the end of this post.)

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Slide from Oct 15 BR Community Advisory Committee (BRCAC) public meeting. View entire presentation here. 

Here is the 26-page document that describes the scope.  Continue reading “Have your say: Environmental study for Balboa Reservoir housing project” →

Balboa Reservoir update: slides from Oct 15 BRCAC meeting

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At the Oct 15th Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee meeting, the presentation given included two elements: an update about the coming Environmental Review scoping meeting on Oct 30th, and an update about the proposed plan for the site.

Read more about the Environmental Review meeting here, including how to give feedback about what options are to be studied.

The entire Oct 15th BRCAC presentation can be seen here (PDF).

Below are selected slides from the developer (AvalonBay/BRIDGE) presentation about the current state of the plan for housing and park space. In particular, in response to neighborhood feed back about the first design for the park, they have changed the orientation to reduce the wind that the open space would be subject to.

Images include simulations blocking out the approximate size and location of the buildings, and what they would look like from various viewpoints nearby–including the planned City College Performing Arts Education Center on the Upper Reservoir.

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Slide from Oct 15 BRCAC meeting. View presentation here.  

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