Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SPUR

Former SPUR Transpo Director Dave Snyder to Write for Streetsblog

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 25, 2009 | 12 Comments

Photo by Dustin Jensen. I’m happy to announce today that Dave Snyder, the former transportation director at SPUR, will join Streetsblog San Francisco as a regular contributor. Snyder, who was recently appointed to a position on the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Board of Directors, is a longtime advocate for socially just transportation […]

MTC to Award $1.3 Million for Bay Bridge West Span Bike Path Study

By Matthew Roth | Apr 8, 2009 | 22 Comments

A simulation of a pedestrian and bicycle path on the Bay Bridge, from a 2001 Caltrans study The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), a division of the MTC, is expected to approve a $1.3 million contract with TY Lin International consulting to prepare a Project Study Report (PSR) that would analyze the feasibility of adding […]

Mayor Newsom, Caltrans Announce Plans to Remove Portions of I-280

By Matthew Roth | Apr 1, 2009 | 9 Comments

A controlled explosion from the filming of the TV series "Trauma," on a closed portion of I-280 Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday announced one of his most ambitious plans for re-shaping San Francisco, telling reporters at a press conference with Caltrans Director Will Kemption and Caltrain Director Michael Scanlan that the city would move forward with […]

Muni Monday: The Future of the Central Subway

By Dave Snyder | Mar 2, 2009 | 33 Comments

Central Subway Chinatown station. Graphic: SFMTA Now that the Central Subway has received its Record Of Decision (ROD) from the Federal Transit Administration, advocates are pressing the MTA to start planning for the subway’s extension into North Beach and beyond. The Central Subway is considered phase two of the T-Third Muni Metro line, extending that […]

John Muir and Livable Cities

By Jason Henderson | Feb 11, 2009 | 3 Comments

Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite. Over the holiday I read a new biography of John Muir, the iconic Victorian-era environmentalist and tireless advocate for wilderness conservation who helped establish the Sierra Club. Written by environmental historian Donald Worster, the book narrates Muir’s well-known struggle and political machinations over the damming of Hetch Hetchy. […]

Unlocking San Francisco’s Privately Owned Public Open Spaces

By Matthew Roth | Jan 20, 2009 | 11 Comments

The shortage of public spaces in San Francisco’s downtown has long been compounded by the fact that the urban geography of privately owned public open spaces (POPOS) makes them hard to find and even harder to enjoy. The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) last week released a report that details all of downtown’s POPOS, […]