In the fight against global warming, there are many things San Francisco can do. In this report, SPUR evaluated 42 options for the City to reduce carbon emissions in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

How can we bring more jobs into the region's most transit-rich employment center? SPUR proposes a sustainable plan for transit-oriented job growth in the Bay Area.

Dozens of office buildings in San Francisco include privately-owned public open spaces -- or "POPOS." Some are merely provisional, while others are hidden gems.

Building a better rail system is critical for the Bay Area. Top priority should be expanding capacity in the urban cores of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose.

The Bay Area has been a hotbed of innovation since the 1970s. Today it is also one of the leading places for cleantech firms.

Set-asides allow citizens to set budget priorities, but they also limit flexibility.

Affordable "by design" units cost less to produce because they are small, efficiently designed and do not come with a parking space.

San Francisco's planning and building review processes continue to need additional reform. SPUR recommends what steps to take to make these processes work better for everyone.

Changing government is never easy. But when it comes to the two departments responsible for planning our city, can we afford not to?

Caltrain's surface rail yards represent enormous opportunities for San Francisco. In this report, SPUR proposes a plan to knit together Mission Bay with neighborhoods to the north and west.

San Francisco is about to build its first new subway in decades. It's a great project that could be even better with a few key improvements.

The costs of repairing, seismically upgrading and redeveloping the Port's piers are staggering.

Instead of wasting stormwater, the City could manage it as a resource. SPUR explores four strategies that allow for greater stormwater storage and infiltration of rainwater into the ground.

<p> SPUR addresses Muni’s deficit, by sharply reducing costs and linking financial goals to long-term transportation goals. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p>

SPUR’s review of CEQA found that after the law’s 30-plus years of operation, developments are environmentally worse than before. We need to change the way CEQA is applied in urban settings.

SPUR addresses Muni’s deficit, proposing to boost revenues by increasing the speed of boarding, reducing waits at lights, improving transit stop spacing, and favoring primary transit corridors. 

San Francisco must face the problem of neglecting its capital investments as its physical foundation shows signs of deterioration.<br />

New mixed-use areas raise parking congestion issues. Instead, SPUR recommends transit improvements, wider sidewalks, bike lanes, and supports plans for the Central Subway.

While condominium conversion is one way of expanding home ownership, it frequently results in tenant displacement.

SPUR recommends several organizational changes for Muni, including the creation of a Multimodal Planning and Project Development Department to oversee all transit and consolidate Muni and DPT.

This SPUR report studies underutilized retail sites, and presents the possibility of replacing these sites with mixed-use developments.

Proposition A has played a decisive role in expanding the production of affordable housing in San Francisco. SPUR analyzes the success of the measure and describes how it should be expanded.

Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on addressing the symptoms of homelessness in San Francisco each year.

This paper explores the potential to revitalize the Mid-Market Area -- a stretch of Market Street between the downtown commercial/office core and Civic Center. <br />

Following the success of Proposition E, SPUR calls on the SFMTA to expand transit through programs to for obtaining funding and building infrastructure.

SPUR makes four recommendations to expand the successful transit impact development fee.

Allowing homeowners to add secondary rental units to their property is one of the most promising strategies we have for increasing the supply of housing in San Francisco without significantly change t

The answers to SOMA's problems can be found simply by looking at what makes our downtown successful: small block sizes, mixed land uses, housing, transit and better parking management.