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SFBC Golden Wheel Awards Honor Sunday Streets
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Gary Fisher (left), mountain biking legend and bicycle advocate, talks to David Chiu, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at the 17th Annual Golden Wheel Awards. Photo: Orange Photography Over 200 people gathered for the 17th Annual Golden Wheel Awards in War Memorial Hall last night to honor Sunday Streets and raise money […]
17th St and Market St Plaza Opens Next Wednesday
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Site of the trial 17th Street closure and pedestrian plaza. Photo: Matthew Roth The trial street closure for a pedestrian plaza at the corner of Market Street, 17th Street, and Castro Street will kick off next Wednesday, May 13th with a press conference with Mayor Gavin Newsom. As we wrote about here, the trial closure […]
Cartoon Tuesday: Warsaw Police Encourage Helmets and Sobriety
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From adsoftheworld.com In lieu of being able to break your fall with a thought bubble, Warsaw, Poland, police are encouraging cyclists to wear helmets. Although strapping up your head in styrofoam is a great idea, I think if I were riding in Warsaw, I’d be more concerned about having a second beer at the pub […]
Eyes on the Street: SFPD and Best Friend on Muni!
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Photo: meganallison So whether or not this is a result of Supervisor Bevan Dufty’s oversight hearing or a very auspicious coincidence, Streetsblog San Francisco reader Megan Allison (who runs several good blogs, including goodurb.com) sends us this photo of a cop and his K-9 companion on Muni. Unlike jackalope and Sasquatch sightings, we’re pretty sure […]
Sunday Streets Brings Out Throngs of People to Enjoy Car-Free Streets
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Non-human modes of transportation welcome, too. Photo: SFBike Tens of thousands of people came out to enjoy Sunday Streets yesterday, filling the Embarcadero with walking, cycling, skating and general merriment. The mainstream media couldn’t help but cough up superlatives to describe the car-free event, underscoring its importance to the local economy, to encouraging fitness and […]
Great Streets Project Hires Director, Hits the Streets Running
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Flickr photo: JaimeAndreu Yesterday marked an important day for livable streets in San Francisco. In coordination with the Castro Street CBD, Supervisor Bevan Dufty, and the Mayor’s Office of Greening, the nascent Great Streets Project (GSP) co-hosted a roundtable discussion about how to start and manage successful public spaces, with particular emphasis on the proposed […]
MTC Approves Sweeping Regional Plan, Debates New Toll Lanes
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Photo by bvohra via Flickr The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) yesterday approved its 25-year "Change In Motion" Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), after more than two years of work coordinating with the 26 regional transportation operators, the public, and the many authorities under its control. A slew of bicycle and transportation advocates lined up to thank […]
Eyes On The Street: Mayor Newsom Shames Earth Day
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Thanks to Livable City Executive Director Tom Radulovich for this photo from earlier today Mayor Gavin Newsom sure knows how to milk a press conference when it suits his needs and beefs up his image. My favorite has been all the press attention he got for announcing a proposal for the one of the world’s […]
Gav For Guv Short On Transportation Essentials
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Newsom extolling the glories of EVs, from mayorgavinnewsom via Flickr So Gav made it official yesterday that he’s running for Guv by tweeting it to his more than 283,000 followers, announcing it on Facebook, and even running a strange pseudo-article with a lot of donate hyperlinks in the Huffington Post, all of which made a […]
Bayview Merchants Hopeful Sunday Streets Will Bring Business
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A block of predominantly female-owned businesses that will participate in Sunday Streets It’s been reported that the Fisherman’s Wharf merchants who vocally opposed Sunday Streets along the Embarcadero last year now proclaim their support for the day and are programming numerous events to coincide with the street closures this Sunday. But merchants in Bayview never […]
Ad Nauseam: What Are You Implying, Chase?
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Photo by Matthew Roth Welcome to town Chase. I’m super impressed you have been reading Streetsblog San Francisco and made an ad that reflects some of the knowledge you’ve acquired here. This is obviously a shout out to the car-free community. Might the admen understand the incredible cost savings of ditching the car for a […]
Making the Best of Having Your Bicycle Stolen
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Screenshot from the Stolen Bikes Database website With spring here and nice weather, a lot of us will be riding our bikes more often, which means thieves will be on the prowl for poorly locked bikes. For anyone who has had a bicycle stolen, there are few feelings as dreadful. The SFBC has a great […]