Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Livable Streets

Gentrification, Livable Streets and Community Stability

By Chris Carlsson | Sep 9, 2009 | 8 Comments

Planters and a tree on Mission between 9th and 10th… Planktown Neighbors effort to beautify this central city area. Cities don’t stand still. Going back at least to WWII, U.S. cities have been radically altered again and again. Economic restructuring has been part of it, as urban areas have shed manufacturing in favor of the […]

What Should We Learn From Moses and Jacobs?

By Ryan Avent | Sep 9, 2009 | 3 Comments

There is probably no more beloved figure in urbanism than Jane Jacobs, who fought to preserve some of New York City’s most treasured neighborhoods and who gave urbanists some of the field’s fundamental texts. As Ed Glaeser notes in the New Republic this week, Jacobs died in 2006 “a cherished, almost saintly figure,” while her […]

SF Great Streets Project to Host ‘Art-Streets-Life’ Event Tomorrow

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 9, 2009 | No Comments

Preview of the mural courtesy of David Baker. The San Francisco Great Streets Project is hosting an evening of music, drinks, food, and livable streets discussion tomorrow evening at the Mission District home of architect David Baker. The Art – Streets – Life event will include the grand opening of an Andrew Schoultz mural, and […]

Streetscast: An Interview with San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 8, 2009 | 8 Comments

Police Chief George Gascón. Photo: Michael Rhodes San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón is considering forming a task force to deal with bicycle and pedestrian issues, and "is very much in favor" of appointing a liaison to the bicycling community, as he begins to weigh a pressing number of livable streets concerns in the city. […]

Sunday Streets to Become Permanent in San Francisco

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 4, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photo: Bryan Goebel On the weekend eve of the final Sunday Streets of the year, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the seasonal events creating wide swaths of car-free space will become permanent in San Francisco. “This Sunday’s event is the finale for 2009, but Sunday Streets will be back in 2010 with more routes, longer […]

Will Nat Ford’s Reorganization Help Change the Culture of the MTA?

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 3, 2009 | 14 Comments

MTA Chief Nat Ford in an interview earlier this year with Streetsblog. Photo by Bryan Goebel. MTA Chief Nat Ford announced an encouraging reorganization (PDF) of his top brass this week, a move which may usher in a much needed change in the structure of the agency, and potentially give less power to the old […]

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