Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Gavin Newsom

Mayor Newsom a “Yes and No” On More Bicycle Riding

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 26, 2009 | 5 Comments

Flickr photo from 2005: snikolhaus Considering all the new bicycle infrastructure that’ll hopefully start going in at the end of the summer, or early fall, I asked Mayor Newsom outside City Hall today after a press conference celebrating the passage of the Bike Plan if he’s planning to do any more bicycling. His response? "Yes […]

Newsom Opposed to Sunday Parking Enforcement, Study or No

By Bryan Goebel | May 29, 2009 | 13 Comments

A free parking meter in San Francisco. Flickr phto: .dru It’s no surprise, but it’s troubling. Mayor Gavin Newsom has confirmed to Streetsblog that he remains opposed to extending parking meter enforcement to Sundays, despite a promise by MTA Chief Nat Ford that it’s being studied and remains on the table for consideration, along with […]

A San Francisco Parking Enforcement Debate That Shouldn’t Be Happening

By Bryan Goebel | May 22, 2009 | 20 Comments

Flickr photo: andreil Why is San Francisco — considered by many around the world to be a “progressive” and “green" city with a Transit First policy — still debating whether to extend meter hours and parking enforcement, even in the face of a crippling Muni budget deficit? Didn’t we merge Muni with the Department of […]

A Livable Street in the Making: 17th Street Ped Plaza Nearly Complete

By Bryan Goebel | May 12, 2009 | 7 Comments

DPW worker painting around an unused track in the plaza. Bollards in the background on the right and left will be filled with gravel and soil and will have plants growing out of them. Photo: Matthew Roth In less than 24 hours, city officials, including Mayor Gavin Newsom, will be standing in a new pedestrian […]

Should Nat Ford Stay or Go?

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 20, 2009 | 10 Comments

SFMTA Executive Director Nat Ford and Mayor Gavin Newsom. Flickr photo: SFist At yesterday’s Rules Committee meeting at City Hall, as first noted by the Examiner, there was some banter between Supervisor Chris Daly and MTA Board Chair Tom Nolan about MTA Executive Director Nat Ford. They seemed to indicate he was looking to leave […]