Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

Santa Clara VTA Proceeds with Bay Area’s First Bike Share Pilot Program

By Matthew Roth | Nov 10, 2009 | 7 Comments

Despite the much ballyhooed talk by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom that his city will implement a public bike share pilot (two years of talk that has garnered numerous press hits), the first bike share program in the Bay Area will likely be implemented by the middle of 2010 in Santa Clara County by the […]

Will San Jose’s New Bicycle Plan Mark Shift From Years of Car Privilege?

By Matthew Roth | Nov 9, 2009 | 15 Comments

Photo: richardmasoner San Jose is on the verge of adopting its new bicycle plan at the next City Council meeting on November 17th, which, as anyone who has cycled in San Jose knows, would be a welcome change from decades of traffic engineering focused almost solely on automobility. "What I’m hoping we’re seeing here is […]

San Jose Provides Model for Bay Area Growth and Transportation Needs

By Matthew Roth | Oct 30, 2009 | 12 Comments

Photo: pbo31 In our ongoing coverage of the adverse affects of traffic engineers’ over-reliance on automobile level of service (LOS) measurements, we’ve examined how new amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) would allow local jurisdictions greater freedom in choosing whether they want to develop their cities for cars or for transit, cycling, and […]