Posts Tagged ‘avenue’
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
This shot shows the real steep block of northbound Masonic, just above Fulton.
Dude here uses the bizarrely-wide sidewalk, the way I and most other people do. Good times:
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And you should too, that’s what I’m saying.
Now, going south on Masonic is different. You should stay on the street ’til the cross-street Turk (which has a higher speed limit than Masonic, go figure). Then you go onto the sidewalk for one block (taking care to avoid the illegally parked cars put there by area homeowners who actually own garages, go figure). Then at Golden Gate, you cross and wait for the light to turn red.
Then you have two whole blocks all to yourself, if only for a few moments
Thusly:
That’s How I Go Up Masonic, How I Come Down Masonic.
Tags: 2013, avenue, bay area, bicycle, bike, boulevard, california, cars, cyclist, down, light, masonic, red, safety, sidewalk, up
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Whether it’s to open something new or to hunker down until better times I don’t know.
Anyway, it used to be like this but now it’s like this:
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Friday, April 19th, 2013
Here’s what happened on Central “Avenue” near Fell Street in the Western Addition NoPA all the way back in 2010.
And here’s the same block today, below.
So, somebody painted these parking T’s where there were none before and then somebody else came along three months later to blank them out with black paint and then, over the years, the black paint wore out leaving the still-visible, commercial-grade white T’s.
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Why would the DPW / SFMTA do this?
To see how parkers would react?
To put in meters?
I don’t know.
Courage.
Tags: 2010, 2013, avenue, bay area, california, cars, central, central avenue, DPT, dpw, experiment, markers, mta, neighborhood, nimby, nimbys, NOPA, nopna, north of panhandle, paint, parking, San Francisco, secret, SFMTA, spray, street, t, t's, white
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Friday, March 1st, 2013
Tags: 2013, 6th, abandoned, ave, avenue, bay area, california, combination, das racists, finish with fire, found, geary, glossy, hot sauce, inner richmond, kfc, lube, magazine, marin, max wade, objects, pckets, pizza hut, porn, San Francisco, San Francisco Magazine, start with verde, taco bell, taco bell kfc, taco bell pizza hut
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Hey, 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 Street can safely and efficiently accommodate the needs of all roadway users, including but not limited to … motorists.”
ALL RIGHT, EXACTLY HOW DOES THIS PROJECT “ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS” OF “MOTORISTS?” OH, NOT AT ALL? THOUGHT SO. MOVING ON.
Objectives:
1. Engage representatives of all constituencies within the community who would be impacted by changes to Masonic Avenue…
ALL RIGHT, WHICH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE “MOTORIST” “CONSTITUENCY” WERE “ENGAGED?” ANY AT ALL? YOU KNOW, THE OCTAVIA BOULEVARD PEOPLE “ENGAGED” MOTORISTS AS FAR AWAY AS MONTEREY BOULEVARD, OUT THERE WITH CLIPBOARDS AND EVERYTHING. DID THE MASONIC AVENUE PEOPLE DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OH NO.
2. Improve transit operation.
THIS PROJECT WILL UNIMPROVE TRANSIT OPERATION ON AND AROUND MASONIC – THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. IT’S GOING TO SLOW DOWN THE BUSES THAT USE MASONIC, INCLUDING THE OCCASIONAL #5 FULTON AND #21 HAYES.
3. Improve pedestrian and non-motorized access to transit.
SO TRANSIT USERS WILL HAVE “BETTER ACCESS” TO REDUCED BUS SERVICE? I DON’T GET THE BETTER ACCESS PART – YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A BUS STOP? ALSO, WHAT’S “MOTORIZED ACCESS TO TRANSIT?”
4. Increase the safety of pedestrian crossings.
YOU KNOW, THE PRIOR PROJECT MANAGER IS ON THE RECORD AS STATING THAT THIS KIND OF THING IS BAD TO DO LIKE NOW BECAUSE IT WOULD HURT THE CAUSE OF PUSHING THE ENTIRE PROJECT THROUGH. KIND OF SAD, REALLY.
5. Increase motorist compliance with traffic rules and regulations.
UH, WHAT, WITH TREES? IF I WANTED TO INCREASE COMPLIANCE WITH TRAFFIC LAWS, I’D JACK THE SPEED LIMIT UP TO 40 MPH. NOW, THAT WOULD HAVE SOME SIDE EFFECTS, BUT IT CERTAINLY WOULD REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SPEEDING, RIGHT? OR, HAVING HOURS-LONG TRAFFIC JAM UPS DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING DRIVES WOULD REDUCE SPEEDING, IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE GETTING AT?
6. Reduce the number of vehicular collisions, especially those involving pedestrians and bicyclists.
HOW? BY PLANTING TREES? WE’LL SEE. HEY DIDN’T THE RECENT OCTAVIA BOULEVARD / MEDIAN PROJECT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VEHICULAR COLLISIONS ON OCTAVIA? YES IT DID. HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
7. Support neighborhood vitality by creating a more inviting and accommodating public realm.
BY PUTTING IN A MEDIAN AND PLANTING TREES? SO, LET’S TAX AMERICA, CALIFORNIA, AND SAN FRANCISCO TO CREATE A “REALM” ON 3000 FEET WORTH OF STREET PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WEALTHY PROPERTY OWNERS AND PRIVATE SCHOOL(S) WHAT ARE ON THE STREET? ALL RIGHT.
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Here’s the flier what’s been popping up on car windshields lately:
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So let’s see here, is the SFMTA going to eliminate “all parking” on Masonic? No.
Was the community outreach [aka SFMTA focus group study] more than pro forma? Yes.
Did more than 50 people participate? Yes, well more.
But* anyway, here’s the protest website.
*There’s just too much spin in this flyer. If people just make stuff up, they are no better than acheerleading SFMTA Project Manager
Tags: 2013, arera, ave, avenue, bay area, bikes, blvd., california, cars, citizen, citizen.nopa, DPT, eric mar, facebook, fell, fix masonic, geary, lane, London Breed, make sallaberry, Manager, masonic, mta, Muni, NOPA, north, panhandle, parking, project, San Francisco, SFMTA, spaces, street, Supervisor, vince
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Monday, December 31st, 2012
To 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 top.
Via ciprofloxacin – click to expand
You see, Octavia used to be a regular old street until Redevelopment (a bad idea from the 20th century) and the failed Octavia “Boulevard” experiment (a bad idea from the 21st century) came along.
Anyway. this is what results when “activists” are valued more than traffic engineers…
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012
The limit here on Masonic is now 25 MPH.
Are these cars speeding?
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I’ll tell you, the recent deaths on this stretch of road have been caused by epically drunk drivers and/or especially reckless jaywalking pedestrians…
Perhaps we could allow bikes on these particular sidewalks, you know, temporarily?
You know, like this?
Tags: $25, 2012, 30, 35 mph, avenue, bay area, california, cars, masonic, San Francisco, speeding
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Friday, October 12th, 2012
‘Specially late at night, as here:
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There’s no need to use Strava to see how much over the limit you are. No, you can just look up at the electronic signs what use radar to tell you how fast you’re going.
But don’t try your speed runs in the daytime. That would be a little hazardous…
Tags: 2012, 25 mph, avenue, bay area, bike, california, cars, masonic, mph, San Francisco, strava
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
So who’s profiting from this scene on Golden Gate Avenue? I don’t know, could it be Willie Brown or Rose Pak or Randy Shaw or some corrupt non-profit?
Something like that, I suspect. But I don’t know the deets.
Nevertheless, a clear victory for Komatsu:
All right, well, I just dug up some deets.
SocketSite has something on 121 Golden Gate Avenue that shows a bizarre proposal from 2010:
Yish.
But, upon further review, it looks like we’re going from this:
To this:
Anyway, good-bye 121 Golden Gate. You made it to 90 years old, which is pretty good, all things considered.
Tags: 2012, ave, avenue, Backhoe, bay area, california, Foundation, golden gate, jones, komatsu, San Francisco, st. anthony, street, tenderloin, twitterloin
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