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Strong Show of Public Support at City Hall for Watershed Restoration

By Matt Baume | May 11, 2010 | 4 Comments

One of the PUC’s suggested treatments would daylight Yosemite Creek along city streets. Want to see an unprecedented outpouring of public support for a government agency? Look no further than your nearest sewer. A Monday afternoon presentation before the Board of Supervisors Land Use & Economic Development Committee by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission […]

SFMTA Approves New On-Street Bicycle Parking

By Matthew Roth | Apr 30, 2010 | 20 Comments

Future site of on-street bicycle parking in front of Boogaloos on Valencia. Photo: Matthew Roth When the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which runs Muni, instituted the sweeping December 5th service changes and eliminated several bus routes, including the 26-Valencia, bicycle advocates immediately raised the question of what would be done with the now […]

Sunday Streets: Mission

By Abigail Shull | Apr 26, 2010 | No Comments

"Come play in the streets! Sunday Streets provides car-free recreational space for everyone. Get involved and sign up to Volunteer for Sunday Streets. The SFBC will be out in the streets doing outreach and celebrating the car-free space."

Senate GOP Continues to Resist Sanctions-Based Distracted Driving Rules

By Elana Schor | Apr 15, 2010 | No Comments

The Senate environment committee’s senior Republican yesterday joined his counterpart on the commerce panel in criticizing legislation that would withhold federal highway funding from states that fail to crack down on distracted driving, casting doubt on Congress’ ability to approve any punitive approach to reining in texting and cell phone use by drivers. (Photo: SCnow.com) […]

Today’s Headlines

By Matthew Roth | Apr 15, 2010 | 1 Comment

State Funds Won’t Delay Muni Service Cuts And the Ever-Shifting Deficit Now $84M (Examiner) Lots of Coverage on SF’s New Freeway and Street Parks (ABC, SF Gate, KCBS) Valencia St. Gas Leak Causes Evacuations in Mission (SF Gate, ABC, CBS) Caltrain Seeks Community Advisory Committee Members (Examiner, finally with in-article links!) Despite Rain, San Mateo […]

Demanding Complete Streets in South Florida

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 1, 2010 | No Comments

Florida DOT’s windshield perspective isn’t good enough anymore. (Photo: wallyg via Flickr) For decades, the automobile has been the central organizing principle for planning in South Florida, a primacy that hasn’t often been questioned. But there are signs that things are changing. Today on the Streetsblog Network, Transit Miami reports that advocates of traffic calming […]

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