Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Community, Advocacy and Labor

Mayor Lee Calls on SFMTA to Move Quickly on Fell Street Protected Bikeway

By Bryan Goebel and Michael Helquist | Feb 25, 2011 | 40 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee’s comments to Streetsblog earlier this week that he would like to “quickly” see a physically-separated bike lane trial on Fell Street along The Wiggle came as exciting news to bicycle advocates who are proposing a continuous green stretch along the curb from Scott to Stanyan Streets. “I want to get to that […]

Eyes on the Street: SFMTA Crews Begin Striping 17th Street Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 11, 2011 | 62 Comments

Bicyclists have begun taking advantage of the new bike lanes being installed this week along the western section of the 17th Street corridor, with many riders saying they began feeling a greater sense of safety just as soon as the first stripes were laid down by Wednesday from Valencia to Church Streets. In interviews with Streetsblog, […]

SPUR: Let’s Not Miss the Boat on What America’s Cup Could Do For SF

By Jennifer Warburg and Gabriel Metcalf | Feb 7, 2011 | 25 Comments

Editor’s note: The following is being republished from SPUR, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association. Visit their blog at SPUR.org. When it comes to global sporting events, almost as intense as the competition between star athletes is the competition between cities to play host. That’s because hosting a major international sporting event presents […]

JFK Drive Bikeway Promises Pleasant Travel in Golden Gate Park

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 28, 2011 | 45 Comments

As early as this spring, residents and tourists could be enjoying a world-class bi-directional, physically-separated bikeway along a 1.5 -mile stretch of Golden Gate Park’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) Drive as part of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s (SFBC) Connecting the City campaign for a network of routes safe and comfortable enough for an eight […]

Board of Supes Resolution Urges Free Muni Passes for Low-Income Youth

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 27, 2011 | 24 Comments

A growing number of low-income youth who depend on public transit in San Francisco are finding it harder to afford the trip to class, but a resolution introduced by Supervisor David Campos this week could pave the way toward providing free Muni passes for the rest of the school year to thousands of students who […]

The Wigg Party: Building Community to Create a Sustainable Wiggle

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 21, 2011 | 13 Comments

One link in the global movement for localization and environmental sustainability is taking shape in the form of a growing community in one of San Francisco’s increasingly treasured natural valleys: The Wiggle. Morgan Fitzgibbons and Clint Womack co-founded The Wigg Party in early 2010 to address on a local level planetary crises such as peak […]

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