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2012

  • Planners Turn to World’s Best Streets for Inspiration on Market, 1/20, SF Streets Blog
    http://sf.streetsblog.org/2012/01/20/planners-turn-to-worlds-best-streets-for-inspiration-on-market/
  • Internet companies see Mid-Market's potential, 1/19, SFGate
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/19/BAU21MR2LP.DTL
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2011

  • SFPD Sixth Street station plans advance, 11/30, SFGate
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/29/BAR31M594B.DTL
  • San Francisco’s grand boulevard, 10/10, SFGate
    http://blog.sfgate.com/kalw/2011/10/10/san-francisco%e2%80%99s-grand-boulevard/
  • Mid Market, at Last, May Be on the Cusp of Revival, 10/6, NY Times
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/us/mid-market-at-last-may-be-on-the-cusp-of-revival.html
  • Market Street Redevelopment: Transportation Study Finds Dysfunction Amid Promise, 9/11, Huffington Post
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/12/market-street-transportation-study_n_896616.html
  • Muni's Not Moving Half The Time, And Other Findings From The Better Market Street Project, 7/12, SF Appeal
    http://sfappeal.com/news/2011/07/munis-not-moving-half-the-time-and-other-findings-from-the-better-market-street-project.php
  • Searching for Market Street’s True Identity, 5/25, SF Streets Blog
    http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/05/25/searching-for-market-streets-true-identity/
  • Discussions planned to transform dreary Market Street, 5/2, SF Examiner
    http://www.sfexaminer.com/blogs/under-dome/2011/05/discussions-planned-transform-dreary-market-street
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2010

  • A look back at mid Market Street, SF Chronicle
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/06/BA2U1DGRT4.DTL
  • For Newsom, little changes add up on mid-Market
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/07/MNRD1CVFVR.DTL
  • Lasting Impacts of mid Market initiative uncertain, SF Chronicle
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/06/BA2U1DGRT4.DTL
  • New green paint laid on Market Street bike lane, SF Examiner
    http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/new-green-paint-laid-on-market-st-bike-lane-93327354.html
  • People in Plazas focuses on mid-Market district, SF Examiner
    http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/People-in-Plazas-focuses-on-mid-Market-district--95479714.html
  • SFMTA: Market Street Traffic Pilot is Meeting Its Objectives, SF StreetsBlog (http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/06/07/sfmta-market-street-traffic-pilot-is-meeting-its-objectives/)
  • Seven Months Into Market Street Pilot, Most Drivers Getting the Message, SF StreetsBlog (http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/06/02/seven-months-into-market-street-pilot-most-drivers-getting-the-message/)
  • San Francisco Gets Its First Green Bike Lanes on Market Street, SF StreetsBlog
    (http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/05/10/san-francisco-gets-its-first-green-bike-lanes-on-market-street/)
  • Eyes on the Street: Church Street at Market Gets Three New Bike Racks, SF StreetsBlog
    http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/16/eyes-on-the-street-church-street-at-market-gets-three-new-bike-racks/
  • SFMTA Installs More Safe-Hit Posts on Market Street Bike Lane, SF StreetsBlog
    http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/01/sfmta-installs-more-soft-hit-posts-on-market-street-bike-lane/
  • The Hopes and Challenges for Remaking San Francisco’s Market Street, SF StreetsBlog
    http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/03/11/the-hopes-and-challenges-for-remaking-san-franciscos-market-street/
  • SF’s Proposal to Reduce Blight Will Create a Tenuous Balance, SF StreetsBlog
    http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/02/22/sfs-proposal-to-reduce-blight-will-create-a-tenuous-balance/

 

2009
  • Market Street Revitalization Continues, KCBS
    Newsom strolls Market Street, touts improvements- SF Examiner
  • Cars funneled off of Market Street, SF Examiner
    http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/No-problems-yet-with-Market-Street-detours-62585207.html
  • Artwork to aid San Francisco’s Blighted Streets, SF Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/24/BAKH1AA284.DTL)
"I want to see more benches, more trees for shade, more sidewalk cafes would give it a somewhat more cosmopolitan feel."
2009 Pedestrian & Bicyclist Survey (.pdf 15MB)

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