Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Car Culture

Mayor Newsom, City Agencies and Advocates Celebrate Bike Plan

By Matthew Roth | Jun 26, 2009 | 24 Comments

Mayor Newsom said bike lanes were part of a sustainable, 21st Century city. Photo: Matthew Roth At a press conference this afternoon characterized by relief and jubilation, Mayor Gavin Newsom, representatives from the city agencies responsible for San Francisco’s streets, and bicycle advocates celebrated the MTA’s adoption of the Bike Plan and the legislation of […]

Your Thoughts Please on Examiner’s Bike Plan Hit-Piece?

By Matthew Roth | Jun 23, 2009 | 54 Comments

One of the tasks our New York City executive editor put to us at Streetsblog San Francisco when we started was to hold "mainstream" journalists’ feet to the fire when they write stories about transit, bikes, and pedestrians from a windshield perspective. You know, pieces like Mike Aldax’s story in the Examiner today, which goes […]

Ad Nauseam: Antisocial Thuggery From Pioneer

By Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2009 | 4 Comments

What’s more authentically American than boys suping up their rides and preening about town deafening all within earshot (reducing taxes, you say..)? The Speed Network series Hot Import Nights is the weekly sex-and-horsepower profile of the subculture, and as anyone who saw any of the Fast and the Furious movies in the Bay Area knows, […]

Car-Free Challenge Participants Buck Stereotypes

By Matthew Roth | Jun 18, 2009 | 5 Comments

Throughout June, scores of participants in TransForm’s first Car-Free Challenge have set goals for themselves to reduce or completely eliminate the use of cars, from those living in bike and transit-friendly Berkeley to far flung and auto-dominated suburban enclaves like Castro Valley. In addition to opening eyes about those who live normal and productive lives […]

Gav for Guv Interview This Thursday on Current

By Matthew Roth | Jun 9, 2009 | 5 Comments

Flickr photo: mayorgavinnewsom One of the good things about Mayor Gavin Newsom’s obsession with putting public discourse online is the opportunity the public has to ask him a lot of questions. In this vein, Current is holding a live online video interview with California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom about his "green" agenda and they are […]

House to Vote This Week on Weak ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Plan

By Elana Schor | Jun 8, 2009 | 1 Comment

The House is poised this week to take up the so-called "cash for clunkers" bill, which aims to boost the slumping U.S. auto market by giving out tax credits of $3,500 and up to anyone who trades in a gas-guzzling car for a more efficient model. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is backing a stronger version […]

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