Luke Spray

Oh, and here’s that small pic of the very big Jang picture of the Golden Gate Bridge that didn’t last long:

A more sinister SF problem is hiding within this gray Inner Richmond wall A war over a wall on an abandoned property in San Francisco's Inner Richmond exemplifies a crisis in the city.

I got a bit obsessed with the street art on Clement.

I wanted to figure out who kept painting over it with the worst shade of gray—only to figure out that you and I are the ones paying to paint it over.

Here's the story: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

fascinated by a rhetorical strategy i see all the time now, which is making up an extreme edge case to argue against doing anything for the public good, and doing this from the putative left.

This paragraph was quite the ride!

From this great story by @henrygrabar.bsky.social on Bogotá's Ciclovía: slate.com/business/202...

One thing worth noting: nobody at City Hall seems to want it to cost so much money and take so much time, but the gravity of our bureaucracy is simply too strong.

Here's to hoping that the next administration will have better luck cutting through the red tape.

💞 same here! The hope is that the city will roll out some simple templates (seating, street mural, etc) that neighbors like us can choose from.

How S.F. can protect pedestrians from crashes and drivers from unfair tickets San Francisco doesn’t have enough money to paint California-mandated “daylighting” no-parking zones red. There’s a better way to comply with the law.

Love this piece on community-led daylighting.

The good news: neighbors are trying!
The bad news: SF wants to charge them $1k to jump through a half-dozen hurdles to get a Shared Spaces permit.🙃

Folks will *volunteer* to do the city's job—but only if they're given the chance.

🤷🏻‍♂️ I’ve sniped the other @lukespray.bsky.social on several social handles over the years, so it feels fitting that he’d get to this one before me.

That said, always happy to swap!

So many Lukes…

Btw “the politics of streets lie downstream from experience” is my new thesis until proven otherwise.

Let’s create better streets and show people what’s possible.

One thing a lot of people don't realize about the Barcelona Superblocks is that all of them allow cars. Look at the number of garages. The key is making the street not lead anywhere useful so people don't constantly drive through.

SF in a nutshell

The tile work on this building is so so good.

This is the best bit of wayfinding San Francisco has had in years.

Not since the “bike route to beach” sign have we had something as helpful and straightforward as this marker for a big redwood root. It also doubles as a small bike jump! 10/10

SF in October is just so magical.

The light, the temperature, the vibe.

Pictures just don’t do it justice.

San Francisco shade policy in the time of climate change