Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Car Culture

“Cash for Clunkers” Coming to a Close?

By Elana Schor | Aug 19, 2009 | No Comments

The Obama administration plans to close the door on the politically popular and environmentally slipshod auto trade-in program known as "cash for clunkers," according to a report this afternoon in the Wall Street Journal: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday he would disclose within two days updated figures on the program, including how much of […]

Chief Gascón Addresses Driver Accountability at Swearing-In Presser

By Matthew Roth | Aug 7, 2009 | 5 Comments

SFPD Chief Gascón. Photo: Matthew Roth At a press conference today immediately after Mayor Gavin Newsom swore in SFPD’s new police Chief George Gascón, the city’s top cop, responding to a question from Streetsblog, addressed a number of issues central to his command, including, notably, how driver behavior can endanger certain neighborhoods as much or […]

Wreckless Riding

By Chris Carlsson | Aug 7, 2009 | 22 Comments

Photo by Bryan Goebel. In 1978 I was a field manager for an environmental group’s canvassing operation and was driving "my crew" in an old beat-up Volkswagon from one suburb to the next. From about 3 p.m. we’d visit every house in a given area, knocking on doors seeking donations and support, ending around 8:30 […]

Extra! Extra! Nevius and Matier Serving Up Steaming Piles of Journalism

By Matthew Roth | Aug 6, 2009 | 31 Comments

C.W. Nevius. Photo: dumbeast A couple of real stinkers over in Mainstream Medialand today. Let’s start with Chuck Nevius’s column, which tries to argue that San Francisco will never be bike friendly. Forget the fact that San Franciscans are riding in greater numbers than ever before despite the fact that the city has implemented only […]

Lobby Firm Behind Climate Forgeries Helped Kill Higher CAFE Standards

By Elana Schor | Aug 5, 2009 | No Comments

The Washington lobbying firm of Bonner & Associates is facing protests and a possible wire fraud probe after it was revealed to have forged at least a dozen letters to Congress this summer that claimed to represent local grassroots groups opposed to fighting climate change. A still from a 2001 Coalition for Vehicle Choice TV […]

Wade Crowfoot Leaves Mayor’s Office for EDF

By Matthew Roth | Jul 29, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: Bryan Goebel Wade Crowfoot, Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Director of Climate Change Initiatives, quietly transitioned out of his role in city government last Friday to become the West Coast Legislative and Political Director at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a new post created just for him. His portfolio will be primarily climate, water safety, and […]

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