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What SF Needs to Catch Up to NYC’s Bicycling Success: Political Leadership

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 5, 2012 | 11 Comments

New York City has raised the bar in recent years for rolling out bicycle improvements and reclaiming public space from automobiles. While San Franciscans have come to expect major delays for bike projects as the norm in their city, New York, the only American city more dense than SF, has zoomed ahead by adding roughly 20 miles […]

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SF Bike Share Will Be “For Anybody Who Wants to Make a Short Trip”

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 29, 2012 | 18 Comments

The SFMTA has released a preliminary map of potential bike-share station locations (H/T Cyclelicious for inputting them into Google). San Franciscans are burning with curiosity about the imminent arrival of bike share this summer. At a forum held by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association yesterday, participants wanted to know details like where the […]

SPUR: How Will 1.7 Million More People Cross the Bay?

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 17, 2011 | 35 Comments

Crossing the Bay from SPUR on Vimeo. SPUR has produced a new video that asks: How will 1.7 million more people cross the Bay? From the SPUR blog: In the last century, visionary planners made major investments linking San Francisco and the East Bay. When the 20th century dawned, the only way to get from […]

SPUR: Let’s Not Miss the Boat on What America’s Cup Could Do For SF

By Jennifer Warburg and Gabriel Metcalf | Feb 7, 2011 | 25 Comments

Editor’s note: The following is being republished from SPUR, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association. Visit their blog at SPUR.org. When it comes to global sporting events, almost as intense as the competition between star athletes is the competition between cities to play host. That’s because hosting a major international sporting event presents […]

Commentary: Why This Working Family is Supporting Muni Reform

By Gillian Gillett | Oct 25, 2010 | 28 Comments

Editor’s note: On Friday, we presented an op-ed opposing Prop G. Today, Gillian Gillett, a transit advocate who is the chair of SPUR’s Transportation Committee, explains why she’s voting for Prop G. Living in San Francisco provides families with many unique opportunities for learning, entertainment, and other benefits of a diverse, urban environment. However, families […]

Muni Charter Measure Supporters Take to the Streets to Collect Signatures

By Michael Rhodes | Apr 8, 2010 | 13 Comments

Supervisor Sean Elsbernd canvasses near West Portal station this morning. Photo: Michael Rhodes People catching Muni near West Portal station this morning were greeted by an unusual sight: Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, SPUR Executive Director Gabriel Metcalf, and a team of volunteers were out canvassing the avenue to gather signatures for a ballot measure that would […]

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