Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Climate Change

House Debating Climate and Energy Legislation Right Now

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 26, 2009 | No Comments

Kate Sheppard from Grist is Tweeting the heck out of the climate bill debate on the floor of the House of Representatives today (218 votes and counting). Barbara Boxer, who is working on the Senate version of this bill, yesterday reminded sustainable transport advocates that this is probably going to be their only chance in […]

House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation

By Elana Schor | Jun 24, 2009 | No Comments

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday struck a deal ahead of Friday’s make-or-break vote on climate change legislation to give greener transportation a place at the table. The climate bill gives the states 10 percent of its carbon emissions allowances, the total worth of which is projected to hit $70 billion by […]

New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smarth Growth to Climate Bill

By Elana Schor | Jun 22, 2009 | No Comments

As a new non-partisan analysis of the House climate change bill — proving that capping CO2 can save money for the poorest fifth of the nation — continues to make waves on the Hill, it’s worth noting that the legislation could yield even greater savings by focusing on reducing transportation-based emissions. House Energy & Commerce […]

Call for Regional Coordination of Land Use and Transportation

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 11, 2009 | 3 Comments

It appears a consensus is forming among local governments that building more livable and sustainable communities is an immediate priority. At a conference in San Francisco yesterday, elected officials from across the Bay Area, along with business, housing, development and transportation groups, called for a coordinated land use and transportation planning strategy to account for […]

Obama’s Highway Chief: Wishy-Washy on Emissions?

By Elana Schor | Jun 2, 2009 | No Comments

Victor Mendez, nominated by the White House to lead the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), spent more than an hour this morning with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee — but the most illuminating moment in the hearing came as the clock was running down. FHWA nominee Victor Mendez testified before the Senate today. (Photo: […]

For a City of Panhandles! Copenhagenize it!

By Chris Carlsson | May 19, 2009 | 14 Comments

Mona Caron’s rendition of 24th and Folsom after we’ve made a few basic changes. (Thanks to Mona Caron for this image, originally published in the Bay Guardian in 2006.) We’ve been waiting for years now to see some physical changes to accommodate the huge increase in daily bicycling. We did get an odd set of […]

Show More Stories