Michael Rhodes
Michael Rhodes is a former reporter for Streetsblog San Francisco. He lives in the Mission Dolores neighborhood and is a graduate of UC Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning.
Recent Posts
SFBC Bike Quilt: Biker Quilting Bees
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"The Bike Quilt top is ready for quilting! Please come join us at a weekly drop-in quilting bee on Wednesdays from September 23 to October 28. No quilting experience necessary, but comfort with a needle and thread is helpful. Instruction and snacks provided. The quilt will be raffled off at Winterfest in December to raise […]
How Copenhagen Became a Cycling City
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"In the 1970s, Copenhagen was an automobile-centered city. Huge public demonstrations in the early 1980s resulted in significant changes in the transportation infrastructure and in the years since it has become of one the preeminent cycling cities in the world. How and why did this change come about? What kind of policies and design principles […]
SFBC Phonebanking
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"Got the gift of gab? Volunteer to phone bank with the SFBC! No cold calling, just simple reminders to friendly lapsed SFBC members that their membership is expired. Come share in the fun. The more the merrier! We supply dinner and good company."
VTA Board of Directors Meeting
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Agenda.
Work Begins on Divisadero Ped Upgrades, but Skinny Sidewalks Remain
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Widening the median on Divisadero Street. Photo: Janel Sterbentz Ninety years after city traffic managers widened Divisadero Street between Haight and Sacramento Streets, skimming off five feet of sidewalk and adding a travel lane on both sides, the Department of Public Works (DPW) is spending $3.3 million to upgrade the landscaping on the median, without […]
David Byrne hosts Bike Advocacy and the Urban Environment
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"City Arts and Lectures will host David Byrne just in time for the launch of his new book, Bicycle Diaries, which features personal anecdotes from his wide travels and a strong argument for the way a bicycle can change our view of the world and the city in which we live. Joining him on stage […]
Central Subway Receives $9.9 Million Federal Grant
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Central Subway Moscone station. Graphic: MTA The Federal Transit Administration announced today that the long-planned and much debated Central Subway project will receive a $9.9 million grant to support ongoing preliminary engineering and design work. The project would extend light rail service on the T-Third line with a surface stop on 4th Street near Brannan […]
Oakland City Council Delays Parking Vote for Two Weeks
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Oakland’s electronic parking meters. Flickr photo: mlinksva The Oakland City Council voted early this morning to delay action on proposed parking changes until its next meeting. After three hours of discussion that spilled well beyond midnight, a proposal to roll back parking meter enforcement from 8 p.m. to 6 p.m. was narrowly defeated, despite calls […]
Oakland City Council to Consider Scaling Back Parking Meter Hours Tonight
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The Grand Lake Theater. Flickr photo: Fragmentary Evidence Facing mounting pressure from merchants and residents, the Oakland City Council will vote tonight (agenda PDF) on whether to partially roll back parking changes that have spurred an effort to recall the entire council. In late June, the council voted to raise the parking meter rates by […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
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This week is action-packed with parking strategies, transit-oriented development, bikes, and even a cemetery or two. Here are the highlights, but be sure to check out the full events calendar for even more. Monday: SPUR Evening Forum: EmBIKEadero: 2009 Patri Fellowship Presentation. Come hear and see a fully-considered vision of a world-class bikeway on the […]