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Sausalito Council to Add Bike Parking, But Doesn’t Discuss Rental Fee

By Pam MacLean | Apr 7, 2010 | 7 Comments

Sausalito remains a free city today, at least when it comes to parking for tourist rental bikes. Instead of adding fees for tourist bike parking, the city will add racks to accommodate 300 more bikes for the expected crush of two-wheeled summer tourists. Bicycle tourists visiting Sausalito on rental bikes. Photo: Bike and Roll. The […]

Tea Partying and Beanbagging on Shotwell

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 29, 2010 | 57 Comments

24th and Shotwell Tea Party The citywide Stand Against Sit Lie campaign Saturday March 27 was a big success by all accounts. The website claims over 100 events took place on San Francisco sidewalks, and over 1000 people participated. That doesn’t sound overwhelming at first glance, but if you recall that this began as a […]

Planning and Public Life

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 25, 2010 | 6 Comments

On Linden Alley the "Union Project" held a public fair last year, just one of dozens of ways San Franciscans are taking public roads for uses beyond merely housing private cars. San Franciscans, like residents of most big cities, are in a continuous process of reshaping public spaces. There are pilot programs for new ways […]

Sausalito Installs Bicycle Signs That Contradict California Vehicle Code

By Joshua Hart | Mar 24, 2010 | 79 Comments

A sign in Sausalito that contradicts state law. Photos: Joshua Hart. While Marin County has been designated a "national model" for bicycling and walking, one of four counties that have received a $25 million grant from the Federal Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP), Sausalito has been notably hostile to the influx of cyclists who come […]

Smart Parking Policy Makes a Difference, Even in Livable Streets Utopias

By Noah Kazis | Mar 24, 2010 | No Comments

The evidence keeps mounting that smart parking policy is an essential tool in the fight to curb traffic. A new study of two German neighborhoods indicates that managing the supply of parking can make streets more livable, even in places that already have great infrastructure for transit, walking, and biking. Eliminating mandatory parking minimums, the […]

Sadik-Khan Packs the House in LA, Then Brings It Down

By Damien Newton | Mar 19, 2010 | No Comments

Thanks to Clarence Eckerson for this Streetfilms Shortie. The L.A. StreetSummit kicked off last night with a rousing keynote address and slide show by the groundbreaking New York City DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn. Three levels of an Occidental College auditorium were packed with students, bike advocates from around the county, and others interested in Livable […]

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