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Chuck Schumer: America Needs More Streets Like NY’s Prospect Park West

By Ben Fried | Apr 1, 2011 | No Comments

Senator Chuck Schumer broke his long public silence on the redesigned Prospect Park West in New York City in dramatic fashion this morning, leading members of Congress on a two-wheeled tour of the physically separated bike lane that runs past his Brooklyn home. Schumer used the occasion to announce that he’ll be introducing new legislation […]

Bike Program Managers: We Don’t Just Need Grants, We Need Staff

By Matthew Ridgway | Mar 7, 2011 | 4 Comments

Editor’s note: Matthew Ridgway is a principal at Fehr and Peers, a transportation design and engineering firm that routinely consults on bicycle and pedestrian projects throughout the Bay Area. Within the world of bicycle and pedestrian planning, there are some cities that have been successful in securing significant resources for pedestrian and bicycle-related projects. These […]

Brinkman Pushes SFMTA Staff To Install Fell Street Protected Bike Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 1, 2011 | 43 Comments

The SFMTA Board of Directors today issued a directive to staff to move on installing a trial curbside protected bike lane on Fell Street between Scott and Baker Streets. SFMTA Director Cheryl Brinkman raised the issue at today’s board meeting, pointing out Mayor Ed Lee’s comments to Streetsblog last week that he would like to […]

AASHTO: Government Shutdown Could Cost Transportation Sector $100M/Day

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 28, 2011 | No Comments

If the House, Senate, and President Obama don’t agree on a course of action by the end of this week, the U.S. will be left with no federal budget, and the government will shut down. Transit agencies and construction interests don’t seem alarmed, but the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials estimates that […]

SFMTA Chief Nat Ford: I Didn’t Seek Out D.C. Airports Job

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 24, 2011 | 5 Comments

SFMTA Chief Nat Ford told Streetsblog today that heading up the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is actually the first job that he’s been interested in taking, despite steady rumors that he’s been applying for a number of positions over the years. “I am not seeking to leave the MTA. I was approached by the […]

Streetscast: An Interview with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 23, 2011 | 13 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee supports the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s Connecting the City vision, promises to “very aggressively” carry out Gavin Newsom’s executive directive on pedestrian safety, and said he has a commitment from the SFPD to do more aggressive enforcement of drivers in the Tenderloin to make the streets safer for those on […]

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