Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Community, Advocacy and Labor

Local Advocates Mourn “Death of Transit” as Part of National Campaign

By Matthew Roth | Jul 22, 2009 | 7 Comments

Mock funeral for transit today in Oakland. Photos: Matthew Roth Transit advocates, transit riders, politicians, and religious figures mourned the continual underfunding of transit operations by staging a mock funeral for public transit above the 12th Street/Oakland BART station today. The event was tied to a national campaign led by Transit Riders for Public Transportation […]

Eyes on the Street: Renegade Bicycle Stenciler Strikes Again

By Matthew Roth | Jul 20, 2009 | 29 Comments

Photos: Andy Thornley The renegade bicycle stenciler has expanded his/her vision for a slower, saner traffic plan, this time asserting a bicyclist’s right to take a lane on Oak Street and not give it back. Sharrows be damned! Unlike the previous iteration of the renegade bicycle stencil, which predicts new markings the MTA intends to […]

Valencia Project Will Bring Improvements Worth the Short-Term Headaches

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 20, 2009 | 21 Comments

Construction begins this week on a nine-month project that could periodically disrupt Valencia Street’s bike lanes. The result, residents hope, will be a greatly improved streetscape for pedestrians and bicyclists. Valencia Street at 15th Street. Flickr photo: Iznot The Valencia Streetscape Improvements project, which spans Valencia from 15th Street to 19th Street, is intended to […]

SF Great Streets Project Finds 17th St. Plaza Builds Community

By Matthew Roth | Jul 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: Jamison Wieser The San Francisco Great Streets Project (GSP) has been collecting pedestrian counts and street user surveys, and has used time-lapse photography, to measure users’ perceptions about the quality of the public realm before and after the 17th Street plaza treatments were in place. The results of the surveys show what many readers […]

Getting More Out of San Francisco’s Carved-up Curbs

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 14, 2009 | 21 Comments

Could cantilevered racks help San Francisco get more out of vacant curbside street space? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bike/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 In a city strapped for bike parking and sidewalk space, there is an abundance of one commodity: small strips of curb that seem to be of use to no one. As the lifting of the bike […]

Highway Toll Lane Construction Bill Stalled in State Senate Committee

By Dave Snyder | Jul 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: pixieclipx The Senate Transportation Committee met earlier this week to consider AB 744, a bill that would authorize the MTC to convert carpool lanes to toll “express lanes” and use the revenue to expand the regional carpool and bus express lane network. To its critics, the plan is the last gasp of suburban highway […]

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