Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Suburbia

BART Invites Transit Bloggers to Query GM Dugger, Part I

By Matthew Roth | | 12 Comments
Greg Dewar of N-Judah Chronicles, BART GM Dorothy Dugger, BART Spokesperson Linton Johnson.  Photo: Matthew Roth Last week, BART hosted a brunch meeting for Bay Area transit bloggers, explicitly acknowledging that journalism is trending away from traditional media to online and niche outlets. Organized by BART spokesperson Linton Johnson, writers from Streetsblog, The SF Appeal, […]

Gav For Guv Short On Transportation Essentials

By Matthew Roth | | 8 Comments
Newsom extolling the glories of EVs, from mayorgavinnewsom via Flickr So Gav made it official yesterday that he’s running for Guv by tweeting it to his more than 283,000 followers, announcing it on Facebook, and even running a strange pseudo-article with a lot of donate hyperlinks in the Huffington Post, all of which made a […]

New Video Series Tells the Story of Sprawl

By Brad Aaron | | No Comments
As livable streets advocates work to make headway in breaking the cycle of American auto dependence, the folks at Planetizen have put together a video narrative that explains how we got here. "The Story of Sprawl," a double DVD set produced by Managing Editor Tim Halbur, is a compilation of historical films dating from 1939 […]

GM and Segway Unveil La-Z-Boy on Wheels

By Matthew Roth | | 10 Comments
A revolutionary personal mobility device. Hint: it’s NOT the couple in the foreground I’d be laughing right now if I could just stop crying. I thought billions in taxpayer money and Wagoner’s presidential dismissal were supposed to mark the end of General Motors’ bad plans, and I naively hoped the company would replace Dummers with […]
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