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Will Nat Ford’s Reorganization Help Change the Culture of the MTA?

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 3, 2009 | 14 Comments

MTA Chief Nat Ford in an interview earlier this year with Streetsblog. Photo by Bryan Goebel. MTA Chief Nat Ford announced an encouraging reorganization (PDF) of his top brass this week, a move which may usher in a much needed change in the structure of the agency, and potentially give less power to the old […]

City Attorney’s Office Files Motion to Lift Bike Injunction

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 28, 2009 | 36 Comments

Staffers for City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s office deliver the massive filing to the courthouse this afternoon. Photo by Marc Caswell. After more than three frustrating years without any major bike improvements in San Francisco, it appears what bike activists hope will be the final court showdown for the bike injunction is just weeks away. This […]

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. […]

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 […]

Bicyclist Injured in Hit-and-Run ‘Grateful’ Following Suspect’s Arrest

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 6, 2009 | 33 Comments

Andrew Bennett on his Xtracycle with his two sons. Andrew Bennett, the 42-year-old bicyclist who was run down with his 4-year-old son on a tandem extension bicycle by a driver who ran a red light last month on 18th Street at Valencia, expressed deep gratitude to the SFPD for making the case a priority, and […]

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