Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Buses

The Case Against the “Empty Bus” Argument

By Sarah Goodyear | Dec 15, 2009 | 2 Comments

Jarrett Walker at Human Transit provides useful ammunition in the battle of reasonable people against knee-jerk transit-bashers. Walker begins his post by quoting from a story in Canada’s National Post headlined "Save the Environment: Don’t Take Transit." The article posits that because many buses run empty for much of the day, they are environmentally inferior […]

Guest Commentary: Transpo Advocates Should Support Hotel Workers

By Fran Taylor | Nov 18, 2009 | 15 Comments

Transportation advocates were caught off-guard last month when the ANSWER Coalition and other leftist groups declared that extended parking meter hours represented an assault on the poor and working class, despite the overwhelming evidence that the poor and working class are predominantly more reliant on transit than cars for transportation. The absence of these organizations […]

Wanted: Your Photos of Crummy Transit Conditions

By Sarah Goodyear | Nov 5, 2009 | 2 Comments

Waiting to board the B44 in Brooklyn. Photo: Benjamin Fried Our latest call for photos was inspired by the picture at right, taking by Streetsblog New York’s own Ben Fried. It’s an all too familiar scene — transit riders crammed together, waiting for a bus (or train) that doesn’t come when it’s supposed to (if […]

How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry

By Elana Schor | Oct 26, 2009 | No Comments

A map of the companies involved in the supply chain for U.S. transit buses. (Image: EDF) When Vice President Joe Biden visited Minnesota’s New Flyer bus company to tout the economic stimulus law’s $8.4 billion investment in transit, hopes were high for a boom in cleaner-burning vehicle production — which made for some bad press […]

Nature’s Unsung Helper

By Chris Carlsson | Oct 8, 2009 | 9 Comments

Stephen O’Brien, gardener at Transbay Terminal since 1958. Stephen O’Brien has been coaxing an oasis out of a most unlikely environment for a long time: the small green patches at either end of the ground level Mission Street frontage of the Transbay Terminal. He started back in 1958, when the old Key System train tracks […]

Transit to Trails Site Debuted And SF Announces Digital App Showcase

By Matthew Roth | Sep 25, 2009 | 3 Comments

We all know that you don’t have to go far from Bay Area cities to find some of the most beautiful mountains and epic beaches in the country, but you might be surprised how easy it is to get to those hikes and natural wonders without a car. Thanks to a beta website called Transit […]

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