Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Community, Advocacy and Labor

StreetUtopia North Beach

By Chris Carlsson | Jan 25, 2010 | 3 Comments

View southeast across North Beach from Russian Hill. StreetUtopia is a new community organizing effort centered in North Beach. Launched by Hank Hyena and Phil Millenbah at an inaugural event in early January, they drew upwards of 150 people to an empty historic storefront at 1 Columbus Avenue, where they showed Streetfilms, had a small […]

Advocates Want Oakland Airport Connector Funds for Transit Operations

By Matthew Roth | Jan 25, 2010 | 13 Comments

Image: TransForm With the civil rights imbroglio between BART and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) making news last week, a problem that could imperil $70 million in federal stimulus funds obligated to the Oakland Airport Connector (OAC), advocates are calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to give the stimulus money to cash-strapped transit operators […]

BART Responds to FTA Rebuke, Defends Minority and Equity Practices

By Matthew Roth | Jan 21, 2010 | 2 Comments

Proposed Coliseum Station OAC connections. Photo: BART In a strongly worded reply to Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Peter Rogoff yesterday [PDF], a number of BART Board Directors and General Manager Dorothy Dugger contested the FTA’s assertion that BART has not complied with its obligations to minority riders under Federal Civil Rights Act Title VI […]

Cesar Chavez Street Redesign a Test Case For Better Agency Coordination

By Matthew Roth | Jan 20, 2010 | 9 Comments

Concept for Mission and Cesar Chavez intersection redesign. Image: Planning Department It appears 2010 is the year the stewards of San Francisco’s streets have marked to figure out how to cooperate with each other to design and build a better realm. While the much touted Better Streets Plan synthesizes best practice principles and standards for […]

Legislation to Limit Garages in North Beach and Chinatown Moves Forward

By Matthew Roth | Jan 19, 2010 | 3 Comments

Photo: Postmodern Drunkard When San Francisco Board of Supervisors President David Chiu introduced legislation last October to limit new garages in existing buildings in District 3, which includes North Beach, Telegraph Hill, and Chinatown, his action catalyzed several advocacy groups that don’t always see eye to eye. The bill is aimed at stopping no-fault evictions […]

Advocates, Supervisors Push for Alternatives to Proposed Muni Service Cuts

By Michael Rhodes | Jan 18, 2010 | 16 Comments

With the MTA proposing deep service cuts to Muni and $5 fares on historic streetcars, transit advocates are concerned about where the city’s transit system is headed. Flickr photo: Thomas Hawk. A proposal to drastically cut Muni service while raising some fares has angered and energized transit riders in advance of Tuesday’s MTA Board meeting, […]

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