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Just a reminder that Streetfilms with be at the SF Library tonight, showing on the big screen.
I have to admit I was a bit more excited about this event before I did a bunch more research on BRT, while at the same time realizing that much of the unthinking hoopla about ‘teh awsumness’ of BRT [...]
Problem: Building BRT systems without also providing adequate space for walking and bicycling improvements places non-sustainable forms of transit above sustainable forms of transit.
The above photo is from Curitiba, Brazil. We have to ask ourselves, is this what we want the streets of San Francisco to look like? Is this what we’d rather have instead [...]
One of the arguments made in favor of BRT is that it is ‘dignified.’
Quoting TALC:
Bus Rapid Transit, (BRT), is a revolutionary new approach to public [...]
Jon Orcutt is the Senior Policy Adviser at the NYC Department of Transportation - he works for Janette Sadik-Khan.
Jon is in town, presumably for events surrounding Railvolution, and he gave a quick talk at the SFBC Office last night - it was good. If you missed it, check him out tomorrow at 12:30 PM at [...]
RailVolution is in full swing, and some of the biggest names in the livable streets movement are here in our fair city, including Congressman Earl Blumenauer (the bike commuter bill guy), and Janette Sadik-Khan. [Previous coverage.]
A very nifty part of the Rail-Volution program, that I think any other transit- or development-oriented conference should emulate (and [...]
Spoke with Alfredo Pedroza of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services today. See update details at the bottom of the original post.
That was the message at Saturday’s Really Really Free Market (RRFM), and it was the favorite saying of Kirsten Brydum, a local activist who was murdered while riding her bike in New Orleans. [Previous coverage.]
I feel like there are some inherent risks to riding a bike that we in the bike community have not yet [...]
In a recent post on my encounter with an SFPD officer, I mused that San Francisco would be better off if we got rid of some car patrols and went with more cops on bicycles:
If we got rid of many of the unnecessary car patrols in the city, we could probably add an extra 100 [...]
6:30 PM at City Hall - which means it’s going down at the same time as Critical Mass.
Time to get your costume on!
Six people hospitalized.
There is a Muni Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC).
Previous coverage of Muni’s lack of accountability.
