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 Commuter Convoy With Supervisor Wiener + District 8 Neighbors
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From SFBC: Get your morning bike-commute rolling by joining other riders and commute downtown together in comfort and camaraderie. Join District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener and SF Bicycle Ambassador John Calaway to learn and share ideas on bicycle happenings in your neighborhood. We conclude at City Hall by 8:30 am.
Bike to Worship Week
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From SFBC: As part of Bike Month in May, SF Bicycle Coalition members are working in partnership with the San Francisco Interfaith Council to create a Bike to Worship Week from Sunday, May 25 to Sunday, June 1, 2014. Throughout the week various congregations will celebrate biking to their place of worship. Congregations may sign up and […]
SFBC Central City Committee Meeting
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From SFBC: Join fellow members at our monthly Central City Committee Meeting, encompassing the Tenderloin and SOMA, to discuss the most important projects and strategies in the area like Polk Street and Folsom Avenue. Must be a SF Bicycle Coalition Member.
Jane Jacobs Walk in North Beach
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From No North Beach Dig: The first Jane Jacobs walk in North Beach (as far as we know) will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 31, 2014. It starts at the Firemen statue in Washington Square Park, near the corner of Columbus Ave and Filbert St. Liz Vasile will lead the walk but she won’t be […]
SFMTA Engineering Hearing
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Agenda
Thanks to All Who Came Out for Streetsblog Happy Hour
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I think we can declare last night’s Streetsblog happy hour to be a huge success. It was awesome to get to meet so many of you. Several dozen of you came out for some great chats, and the show of support was heartwarming. Congrats to our raffle prize winners — and a special thanks to Supervisor […]
“Closing” Lombard Street: The Language of Taking Cars For Granted
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A peculiar thing tends to happen when we talk about streets and transportation: We don’t talk about cars. Seriously — listen to conversations, read news headlines, and you’ll start to notice that even when cars are the main subject, people will, consciously or unconsciously, fail to explicitly mention them. This phenomenon was particularly apparent to […]
Census: SF Has Enough Street Parking Spaces To Fill CA’s Coastline
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Clarification: California’s coastline (840 miles) is shorter than the end-to-end length of SF’s on-street parking spaces alone (900 miles). This post originally compared it to the length of SF’s total public parking supply (1,451 miles long), which is actually longer than the United States’ west coast from Mexico to Canada (1,360 miles). Here’s a point […]
Tonight: Don’t Miss Streetsblog Happy Hour at Virgil’s Sea Room
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Join me, fellow readers and advocates for a Streetsblog happy hour tonight at Virgil’s Sea Room. Virgil’s has generously offered to donate 10 percent of bar proceeds from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to Streetsblog. (You can also follow their lead and make your own generous donation, of course!) Stop by, grab a drink, and chat with folks […]
Two Weeks to Go in Our Spring Pledge Drive — Support Streetsblog Today
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We’re in the home stretch of the Streetsblog spring pledge drive, and more than 150 readers have joined the legion of Streetsblog superheros, pledging their support so we can keep delivering news you can use about active transportation and livable streets. But we need more readers to step up to reach our goal of 400 donors by June […]
Pedestrian Seriously Injured by N-Judah Train at Judah and 16th Ave
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Updated 8:07 p.m. The SFPD issued this statement: An outbound N Judah LRV (Light Rail Vehicle) heading W/B on Judah was crossing 15th St. For unknown reason a pedestrian seen standing on the inbound or eastbound Judah line platform walked out and contacted the rear of the 2nd car and then fell to the ground. […]
Street Smarts: SF’s Kids Aren’t the Ones Who Need a Lesson on Safe Streets
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How to walk on city streets, and to fear cars while doing so, is something that’s taught to small children everywhere. Once those kids grow up and get driver’s licenses, however, teaching the same kids to avoid running over other people doesn’t seem to be a major part of the curriculum. It’s been generations since […]