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
Walk SF Fabulous Friday Happy Hour
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From Walk SF: Join Walk SF at the El Rio for a Fabulous Friday Happy Hour All Well and Draft Beers $3 with a portion of proceeds to benefit Walk SF’s work to create safer streets and more walkable, livable neighborhoods. See you there!
SFMTA Engineering Hearing
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Agenda
Revamped Bike Parking Requirements Clear Final Hurdle at Board of Supes
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A citywide overhaul of bicycle parking requirements for new development will be adopted after the Board of Supervisors approved the legislation unanimously on Tuesday. The ordinance will, by and large, increase bike parking requirements for new residential and commercial buildings, which have been put in place on a piecemeal basis since 1996. Planning Department staff […]
Tonight: Tell the SFMTA What You Think About Its Proposal for a Safer Polk
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Thanks to Lisa Ratner for shooting this video on Polk last Friday. This evening’s open house community meeting is your chance to tell the SFMTA what you think of its proposal for Polk Street, which, according to Supervisor David Chiu and SFMTA planners, will make the street safe enough for a broad range of San Franciscans to bike on. […]
SF Still Waiting for DA Gascón to “Send a Message” to Deadly Drivers
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At the press conference yesterday to announce the plea deal between prosecutors and Chris Bucchere in the death of Sutchi Hui, SF District Attorney George Gascón said that his “goal is to send a message” to cyclists. “Cyclists need to understand that they’re held accountable to the same standard as anybody else operating any other type […]
Adaptive Metropolis: User Generated Urbanism Symposium
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Adaptive Metropolis is a 3-day symposium hosted at Wurster Hall, home to the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley. From September 27-29, 2013, a global community of thinkers and doers will convene to discuss the future of collaborative city-making. Days 1 and 2 of the symposium will feature exciting keynote speeches […]
How Will SF Fund the Sustainable Transport System a Growing City Needs?
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Within a few decades, San Francisco’s streets will be even more clogged with cars, more dangerous for walking and biking, and Muni will burst at the seams as more people try to get around. That’s the future city officials warned about at a hearing yesterday, painting a grim picture of traffic-choked streets if nothing is […]
Cyclist Injured on Polk Street Block Where Merchants Fought Protected Lane
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On Friday at about 5 p.m., I came across a crash scene on Polk Street at Pine. A bicycle rider had been struck by a driver and thrown into another car, and he was being hauled away in a stretcher. As it happened, I was pedaling up Polk to meet with Lisa Ratner, a videographer, […]
SF Board of Supervisors Meeting
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Agenda [PDF] Of note: 38. Planning, Environment Codes – Bicycle Parking Standards; In Lieu Fee
Moving Silicon Valley Forward: The Cost of Inequitable Development
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From SVBC: Attend this 17th Healthy Communities Forum to explore how the health of our cities intersects economically, socially, and environmentally. Vu-Bang Nguyen will present Urban Habitat’s new report, “Moving Silicon Valley Forward,” which looks at the economic costs of people’s commutes and homes in the counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo. Nguyen will […]
East Bay BRT at Oakland City Council
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From TransForm: Oakland City Council will be presented on an update as to how details have been worked out as the East Bay BRT project approaches final design. Staff will present on the Business Impact Mitigation Strategy, Parking Impact Mitigations, and hiring strategies. Please join us in demonstrating support for both local businesses AND for […]