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Reminder: SFMTA Board Vote on Two-Year Budget Tomorrow

By Michael Rhodes | Apr 19, 2010 | 2 Comments

Flickr photo: eviloars It may not be at the most convenient hour to make a trip to City Hall, but tomorrow’s SFMTA Board meeting at 2 p.m. could be the last chance to speak up before Muni service cuts are extended for the next two years. The board, which is appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom, […]

A Rose By Another Name: San Jose’s Bike Party

By Chris Carlsson | Apr 19, 2010 | 35 Comments

A crowd assembles at the beginning of San Jose Bike Party, April 16, 2010. Let’s just say right away that Critical Mass is a bike party, and the San Jose Bike Party has a lot more similarities to Critical Mass than differences. A half-dozen San Francisco and Berkeley Critical Mass veterans took a field trip […]

Eyes on the Street: Church Street at Market Gets Three New Bike Racks

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 16, 2010 | 10 Comments

Photos by Bryan Goebel. The SFMTA has installed three new bike racks on the southeast corner of Church Street at Market to help accommodate the throngs of bicycle riders who often park their bikes illegally on the Muni island rails. I snapped these photos of the new bike racks this afternoon and one thing rang […]

Muni Charter Measure Supporters Take to the Streets to Collect Signatures

By Michael Rhodes | Apr 8, 2010 | 13 Comments

Supervisor Sean Elsbernd canvasses near West Portal station this morning. Photo: Michael Rhodes People catching Muni near West Portal station this morning were greeted by an unusual sight: Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, SPUR Executive Director Gabriel Metcalf, and a team of volunteers were out canvassing the avenue to gather signatures for a ballot measure that would […]

SFBC Starts “Turn ‘Em In” Pothole Campaign

By Matthew Roth | Apr 7, 2010 | 6 Comments

Click image to enlarge: The first of four panels on the new "Turn ‘Em In" pothole campaign. Image: Jonas Madden-Connor and Francois Vigneault. New Panels will be unveiled each Tuesday in April. As any bicycle rider in San Francisco knows, the potholes on the streets can be vicious. Most of us probably get to know […]

San Francisco Planners Proud of Long List of Road Diets

By Matthew Roth | Mar 31, 2010 | 43 Comments

Valencia Street bicycle lane and stencil. Photo:KayVee.INC Although there is no record book for the cities with the most traffic-calmed streets, San Francisco planners believe their city has the most road diets, or roads that have had auto lanes narrowed or removed to calm traffic speeds and provide room for other modes of travel. The […]

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