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Harnessing the Popularity of Sunday Streets to Promote It

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 26, 2009 | No Comments

Photo: Michael Rhodes The final Sunday Streets for 2009 has been officially announced, complete with a proclamation from Board of Supervisors President David Chiu declaring September 6, 2009, the day of the event, "Sunday Streets Celebration Day in San Francisco." At a press conference announcing the event yesterday, Rec and Park General Manager Phil Ginsberg […]

Valencia Businesses Hope Customers Keep Shopping During Construction

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 18, 2009 | 14 Comments

At 16th Street and Valencia, the first signs of streetscape improvement work. Photo: Bryan Goebel The Valencia Streetscape Improvement Project will bring major enhancements to Valencia Street that will benefit all of its users. To get there though, bicyclists and businesses will have to weather a nine-month storm of construction, which began three weeks ago. […]

National Transit Funding Report Highlights Local Transit Woes

By Matthew Roth | Aug 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

ATU Local 192 representative Anthony Rogers, who has been an AC Transit bus driver for nearly 20 years. Photo: Matthew Roth Genesis, a local affiliate of the Gamaliel Foundation, joined with representatives from the national Transportation Equity Network (TEN), AC Transit, and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 today to call on Congress to act to […]

Bike Commute Options During the BART Strike

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 14, 2009 | 9 Comments

Big, green AC Transit buses (foreground) have extra bike capacity in their cargo bays. Other AC Transit buses, such as the one in the background of this photo, only have room for two bikes. Flickr photo: Racingmix When the BART strike begins on Monday morning, the best way to commute will likely be via the […]

A Progress Report on State-Level Oil Dependence

By Elana Schor | Aug 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

NRDC’s depiction of how hard states are hit by gas costs, ranked by percentage of income spent. America’s oil addiction is readily acknowledged, even by its biggest enablers. But what is the nation actually doing to kick the habit and embrace a safer, healthier, more realistic energy future? An attempt to answer that question was […]

“Penguins to Penguins” Sunday Streets Kicks Off This Weekend

By Matthew Roth | Aug 7, 2009 | 10 Comments

Now imagine riding on that road. Flickr photo: J.B. Davis The next two Sunday Streets are moving from the heart of the busy Mission to two of San Francisco’s more picturesque natural locales as it winds through Golden Gate Park to the Great Highway along Ocean Beach. This Sunday, August 9th and again on Sunday, […]

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