Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Uncategorized

The Washington Nationals: Winning at Sustainable Transportation?

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 11, 2012 | No Comments

Ever wondered how your favorite sports team is doing in the sustainable transportation arena? Many urban stadiums have some transit connections and some bike racks. From there, though, it can be difficult to measure success. Maybe what we need is a scoreboard for these things. Darren Buck at Network blog Bike Pedantic has done some […]

SPUR: Next Steps for Greening Multifamily Housing

By Robert Prinz | Jun 24, 2012 | No Comments

From SPUR: Image credit: Flickr user Diana Marsh Existing multifamily buildings, especially affordable multifamily housing, tend to fall through the cracks with respect to state-funded energy efficiency and greening programs. But a new report from the cities of Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville, and new efforts spearheaded by the California Housing Partnership Corporation (CHPC), works towards helping […]

Study: In Baltimore, One in Six Drivers Pass Cyclists Illegally

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 13, 2012 | No Comments

This is one of the worst parts of biking on a typical American street: You’re riding your bike and you hear a car coming up from behind you. It’s loud; you can tell it’s going fast. Does the driver see you? WHOOSH … the car passes you at arm’s distance. Nothing like a little trip […]

Nothing to Fear But Drivers’ Lack of Fear

By Anne Lutz Fernandez | Feb 17, 2012 | No Comments

Recently, I shared with a car enthusiast friend that I would never enjoy driving as much as he did, in part because cars scared me a little. I had experienced crashes and lost loved ones to them, I explained, which had a lasting effect. This struck him as both silly (who’s afraid of cars?) and serious […]

Obama Budget Proposes $476 Billion for Transportation Over Six Years

By Ben Goldman | Feb 13, 2012 | No Comments

President Obama has released his budget request for the 2013 fiscal year, which includes a proposed $476 billion investment in transportation over six years. High-speed rail, mass transit, and bridge repair would get a big boost under Obama’s plan, which is paid for primarily by war savings as America’s troop presence is drawn down in Afghanistan. […]

Give This Week and Levi’s Commuter Jeans Could Be Yours

By Ben Fried | Dec 20, 2011 | No Comments

I’m pleased to announce that thanks to an outpouring of support these past two weeks, Streetsblog and Streetfilms are more than halfway to our goal of raising $25,000 by the end of the year. If you haven’t given yet and you value the high-impact reporting and videos that we produce day in and day out, […]

Show More Stories