Aaron Bialick
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
Recent Posts
SFBC’s Golden Wheel Awards
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From SFBC: Shifting the Narrative: Shaping Our Streets, Our Community. The Golden Wheel Awards honor those individuals and groups who are making a difference in transforming San Francisco into a more people and bike-friendly place. Keynote Speaker: We are thrilled to welcome Aaron Naparstek, the founder of Streetsblog, as our keynote speaker. Streetsblog has been instrumental […]
Masonic Ave Streetscape Art Public Meeting
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From SFBC: The City is holding a meeting to get feedback on the design and artwork for the plaza at Geary Boulevard and Masonic Avenue as part of the Masonic Streetscape Improvement Project. If you can’t make the meeting, the artwork proposals will be on display at the SF Day School until July 9. They will […]
SFMTA Board of Directors Meeting
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Agenda Of note: 11. Urging the Board of Supervisors to place the $500 million transportation general obligation bond on the November 2014 ballot. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution, bond report and ordinances.) 12. Presentation and discussion regarding the SFpark evaluation. (Explanatory documents include a slide presentation.) 13. Presentation and discussion regarding regional efforts […]
SFMTA Open House: Muni 71-Haight/Noriega TEP Improvements
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From SFMTA: Muni is working on multiple fronts to make getting around San Francisco safer, faster and more reliable for our customers, because less time spent waiting for transit means more time for the things that matter. As part of this effort, we’re creating a Rapid Network that will improve the frequency and reliability on […]
SFpark Releases Pilot Report, Considers Giving Revenue to Local Streets
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SFpark has released new comprehensive stats collected during its two-year pilot program phase, documenting the numerous benefits that it garnered by pricing parking according to demand. SFpark is being watched closely by cities around the world, since it’s the first program to thoroughly test demand-based parking pricing principles first professed by UCLA’s Donald Shoup. But the […]
Chron’s Math: Re-Purposing 0.01 Percent of Parking = “Devouring” Parking
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The SF Chronicle published its take on the SFMTA’s proposed network of permitted stops for private shuttles. These proposed stops would re-purpose 0.01 percent of the city’s on-street parking supply as white zones. According to the Chronicle, that equates to Google buses “devouring parking,” as its headline puts it. This is seriously the narrative the […]
SFMTA Adds Two Left Turn Bike Boxes in SoMa
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The SFMTA installed left turn bike boxes at two SoMa intersections this week. This type of bike infrastructure, new to SF, debuted at Market and Polk Streets last month with the new contra-flow Polk bike lane. The new green-backed bike boxes were placed at two intersections where bike commuters often make “two-stage” left turns between bike […]
Supes Reject Appeal for CEQA Review of Sunday Parking Meter Repeal
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The Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 yesterday to reject an appeal, filed by sustainable transportation advocates, to require environmental review of the SFMTA’s repeal of Sunday parking meters. Although the vote was not on the merits of Sunday parking metering, but rather whether the SFMTA violated the California Environmental Quality Act in repealing it, the […]
Eyes on the Street: No, Philz Coffee Is Not a Drive-Thru
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A driver crashed into Philz Coffee at Fourth and Berry Streets near the Caltrain Station on Saturday night at about 9:10 p.m., as Bay City News reported. No one was injured, but the highly-popular cafe was reportedly closed until Monday, and an assistant manager told BCN “the area where the glass shattered is boarded off” […]
SFFD OKs Narrower Streets in Candlestick Point Development
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The SF Fire Department will allow many of the new streets built in the Candlestick Point development to remain narrower than 26 feet under a compromise with street safety advocates. SFFD had insisted at the 11th hour that all new city streets must have at least 26 feet of clear roadway for firefighters to set up fire […]
NACTO Designing Cities Conference 2014
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From NACTO: On October 22-25, 2014, NACTO will host its third annual Designing Cities conference in San Francisco, California. The Designing Cities conference convenes transportation leaders and practitioners from across the country to discuss key trends in urban street design and transportation policy. Themes will include re-imagining rights-of-way, economic benefits of sustainable streets, bike and […]
San Francisco Bike Party
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See this month’s route and theme at sfbikeparty.wordpress.com.