Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Gavin Newsom

Mayor, MTA and Bike Activists Celebrate First New Bike Lane in Three Years

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 3, 2009 | 18 Comments

SFBC’s Leah Shahum, the MTA’s Oliver Gajda and SFBC Board Member Dan Nguyen-Tan in the freshly painted green bike box on Scott Street at Oak. Photo by Bryan Goebel. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, three members of the Board of Supervisors, MTA officials, SFBC staff and bicyclists — standing in the glaring fall sun amidst […]

Paint-Happy MTA Crews Prepare for Physically Separated Market St Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 2, 2009 | 12 Comments

A freshly installed Mississippi Street bike lane, made of thermoplastic, which dries in 30 seconds. The installation was a little tricky because of the rough street terrain but the kick ass DPT crew got it perfectly straight. Photos by Bryan Goebel. Though it might sound incredible to San Franciscans who have followed bicycle issues for […]

Eyes On the Street: SF Gets Its First New Bike Lane in Three Years

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 1, 2009 | 26 Comments

The SFBC’s Andy Thornley was the first to ride in the new Scott Street bike lane. Flickr photo: sfbike San Francisco bicycle riders this morning let out a loud cheer, popped open a bottle of champagne and toasted the city’s first bike lane in three years: a freshly painted sliver of Scott Street on the […]

Farming, Park Parking and Empty Promises

By Chris Carlsson | Jul 13, 2009 | 22 Comments

The Potemkin Victory Garden during Slow Food Nation, August 2008. Gavin Newsom is running for President, er um, I mean Governor (you gotta take these things one step at a time). Maybe he’ll make it, maybe something will wreck his chances. It’s an interesting drama from the point of view of recent American history, as […]

SF Supes Committee Supports GG Park Metering and Streetscape Bond

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 8, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee showed unanimous support today for a pair of proposals that will both have major impacts on people walking, biking, using transit and driving in the city. Drivers often take advantage of Golden Gate Park’s free on-street parking. Flickr photo: morganthemoth The first is a measure to begin […]

Streetfilms: SF Carves a Park from the Midst of Its Pavement

By Matthew Roth | Jun 29, 2009 | 9 Comments

The entire family of San Francisco city agencies responsible for maintaining its streets made an unconventional decision to close a portion of a street to cars and convert the new space into a simple, yet elegant, public plaza. The project combines all the important elements of plaza creation that have been successful in New York […]

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