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Car-Free Challenge Participants Buck Stereotypes

By Matthew Roth | Jun 18, 2009 | 5 Comments

Throughout June, scores of participants in TransForm’s first Car-Free Challenge have set goals for themselves to reduce or completely eliminate the use of cars, from those living in bike and transit-friendly Berkeley to far flung and auto-dominated suburban enclaves like Castro Valley. In addition to opening eyes about those who live normal and productive lives […]

Muni and BART Dump ‘Dump the Pump Day’ This Year

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s promotion of Dump the Pump Day 2008. Flickr photo: Metro Library and Archive The Bay Area’s two largest transit agencies are passing this year on a national event intended to get drivers to ride transit for a day. Muni and BART won’t be participating in National Dump the […]

$388 Million Streetscape Measure Could Deliver Complete Streets — or Not

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

San Francisco complete streets advocates have an opportunity tomorrow to ensure that the city prioritizes bike route repairs and sidewalk enhancements if voters pass a proposed street safety and streetscape improvement bond measure this November. A safety hazard on bike route 40. Photo by Michael Rhodes. The Department of Public Works is proposing a $388 […]

Helmet on Your Head or Egg on Your Face

By Matthew Roth | Jun 15, 2009 | 38 Comments

Matthew Modine doesn’t don certain ritual headgear while he rides Matthew Modine has been getting a lot of negative attention recently for his stance on wearing a helmet while he cycles: i.e., he doesn’t wear a helmet while he cycles (it would have to be a large helmet to fit that copious coif). A profile […]

Environmentalists Oppose Bridge Over Yosemite Slough

By Susan Vaughan | Jun 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

Artist’s rendering of new development at Hunter’s Point and Candlestick Point. Courtesy Lennar If all goes as planned for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development and one of the nation’s largest home builders, the Lennar Corporation, a causeway over the Yosemite Slough wetlands restoration project between Hunters Point and Candlestick […]

Bicycle Rides Aplenty This Weekend

By Matthew Roth | Jun 12, 2009 | No Comments

David Baker leading the AIA Architectural Gems San Francisco Bike Tour. Photo: jordanfischer In case you hadn’t already noticed from reading Today’s Headlines, there are a bunch of good bicycle rides this weekend, two of which I want to highlight here. For a good list of rides check out SFBC’s Chain of Events. First, Architect, […]

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