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Streetsblog San Francisco stories from Matthew Roth

• 2009

• Nov 20: SF Transbay District Plan Offers Lofty Vision for Growth and Livable Streets 1
• Nov 20: Today’s Headlines 0
• Nov 19: New Draft San Francisco Transbay Development Plan Unveiled Today 6
• Nov 19: New Study Quantifies High Personal Costs of Building CA Cities for Cars 9
• Nov 19: Today’s Headlines 4
• Nov 18: San Francisco Starts Building Green Streets For Stormwater Management 10
• Nov 17: MTA Parking Meter Study Outreach Moves Slowly, Despite Budget Woes 6
• Nov 13: Eyes on the Street: No Parking, San Francisco 6
• Nov 13: Portland’s Greenstreets Program a Sterling Best Practice Model 16
• Nov 13: Today’s Headlines 0
• Nov 12: SF Transportation Authority Launches iPhone App to Track Cyclists 29
• Nov 12: Chrome Bags Announces Same-Day Delivery by Bike Messenger in SF 7
• Nov 11: Which is the Steepest Street in San Francisco? Hint: It’s Not Filbert 12
• Nov 11: Some Bay Area Developers Ditch the Extra Parking Spaces for More Units 14
• Nov 10: Eyes on the Street: Market Street Advance Stop Bars 11
• Nov 10: Santa Clara VTA Proceeds with Bay Area’s First Bike Share Pilot Program 7
• Nov 09: Will San Jose’s New Bicycle Plan Mark Shift From Years of Car Privilege? 14
• Nov 06: At CNU, Former Rep of Texas Legislature says “No Road Pays for Itself” 3
• Nov 05: CNU Transportation Project Raises Bar on Planning for Livable Cities 1
• Nov 02: This Week in Livable Streets Events 0
• Oct 30: San Jose Provides Model for Bay Area Growth and Transportation Needs 10
• Oct 29: SF Plans to Act Quickly on Bike Projects When Injunction is Lifted 1
• Oct 28: News from NY: What We Can Learn from Times Square’s Public Spaces 0
• Oct 26: CA Poised to Reform Auto-Centric Level of Service Environmental Rules 7
• Oct 23: Painting Eyes on the Street: Debut of SF’s Art in Storefronts Program 6
• Oct 22: SFPD and Health Department Announce Pedestrian Safety Campaign 4
• Oct 21: The Land of the Free (Parking) 65
• Oct 20: Supervisor Carmen Chu Wary of Parking Meter Extension Proposal 19
• Oct 20: Budget Update Taken Off Agenda for Today’s MTA Board Meeting 8
• Oct 20: Today’s Headlines 0
• Oct 16: Eyes on the Street: Week in Review 0
• Oct 15: Nevius Does a Great Job Blaming the Victim and Distorting Data 13
• Oct 15: Donald Shoup Calls San Francisco Parking Meter Study “Pathbreaking” 18
• Oct 15: California Cities Lead Nation in Reducing Emissions from Streetlights 3
• Oct 13: MTA Releases Parking Meter Study that Proposes Extending Hours 5
• Oct 12: Today’s Headlines 1
• Oct 09: Eyes on the Street (and in the Sky): Week in Review 0
• Oct 09: Bicyclist Injured in Haight Street Crash This Morning 18
• Oct 09: CNU Summit to Focus on Reforming Transportation, Planning Principles 2
• Oct 07: Oakland Airport Connector Clears One More Hurdle 5
• Oct 07: Oakland Council Rolls Back Parking Changes Amid Cries From Merchants 18
• Oct 05: Bay Area Transit Chiefs Assume Leadership Roles at APTA 0
• Oct 05: Newsom Parking Meter Story is Not a ‘False Controversy’ 5
• Oct 05: Today’s Headlines 2
• Oct 02: Advocates Question Public Benefit of Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore 15
• Oct 02: California Applies for $4.7 Billion in High-Speed Rail Stimulus Funds 4
• Oct 01: Mayor Newsom Still Opposed to Extending Parking Meter Hours 11
• Sep 30: David Byrne Turns His Book Reading Into Bicycle Advocacy Primer 16
• Sep 29: Driver Reaction to Market Street Diversions Surprisingly Upbeat 14
• Sep 28: Streetsblog Off Today, Cars Off Market Tomorrow 4
• Sep 25: Eyes on the Street: Week in Review 0
• Sep 25: Transit to Trails Site Debuted And SF Announces Digital App Showcase 3
• Sep 25: AC Transit GM Proposes Diverting BRT Funds For Operational Shortfall 0
• Sep 25: Today’s Headlines 1
• Sep 24: A Vision For Transforming San Francisco’s “Unaccepted Streets” 5
• Sep 22: SF Supes Embrace Parking Benefit Districts and Market Street Safety Zones 2
• Sep 11: San Francisco Moves to Meet Its Complete Streets Obligations 2
• Sep 10: Market Street Pilot is an Encouraging Move by Mayor Newsom 10
• Sep 09: UC Planners Envision “Bay Line” Park on the Old Bay Bridge Span 34
• Aug 26: ISCOTT: Taking a Closer Look at Street Closures 4
• Aug 25: When You Just Gotta Get Your Streetsblog No Matter Where You Are 4
• Aug 24: San Francisco Designer Connects Bikes and Fashion With Utility Bags 3
• Aug 21: Eyes on the Street: Week in Review 2
• Aug 21: Come Out to SF’s Street Food Festival Tomorrow 3
• Aug 21: Police Seek Information in Case of Cloverdale Teen Hit-And-Run 5
• Aug 21: Today’s Headlines 0
• Aug 20: Cyclists and Runners Trace Images on Maps by “GPS Drawing” 1
• Aug 20: Today’s Headlines 3
• Aug 19: Eyes on the Street: Re-Striping Mission Street 4
• Aug 18: National Transit Funding Report Highlights Local Transit Woes 1
• Aug 17: Specter of a BART Strike Raises Important Questions for Bay Area 7
• Aug 17: Central Subway Debate on KALW Radio Tonight 43
• Aug 14: Vote for the Finalists in Dwell Magazine’s Reburbia Design Contest 2
• Aug 14: Heavy Traffic Expected As Riders Scramble for BART Alternatives 5
• Aug 13: BART Transit Operators Announce Strike by End of Day Sunday 5
• Aug 12: 511 Transit Called “Heroic Act of Interagency Cooperation” 16
• Aug 11: Would Personal Rapid Transit Benefit Anyone but Its Manufacturer? 107
• Aug 10: A Sunny and Beautiful Sunday Streets on the Great Highway 2
• Aug 07: “Penguins to Penguins” Sunday Streets Kicks Off This Weekend 10
• Aug 07: Chief Gascón Addresses Driver Accountability at Swearing-In Presser 5
• Aug 07: Eyes on the Street: Oakland’s Newest Bike Lanes 1
• Aug 06: Extra! Extra! Nevius and Matier Serving Up Steaming Piles of Journalism 31
• Aug 04: Demand for Trial Plazas Increases as Lower Potrero Design is Revealed 3
• Aug 03: Six Injured When Historic Muni Streetcars Collide with SUV 19
• Aug 03: Poof! San Francisco’s Mason Street Has Become a Temporary Park 9
• Jul 31: Montreal’s Bixi Bicycle Share Will Showcase Program in GG Park Sunday 9
• Jul 30: On Bike Theft and Boneheads 26
• Jul 29: Wade Crowfoot Leaves Mayor’s Office for EDF 1
• Jul 28: Kalashnikovs for Clunkers: The Next Stimulus Plan 4
• Jul 27: Geary Blvd BRT Meeting Tonight in the Richmond 0
• Jul 22: Local Advocates Mourn “Death of Transit” as Part of National Campaign 7
• Jul 22: iPhone Apps That Might Make Your Bike Ride Safer, Certainly More Fun 0
• Jul 21: SFCTA Completes Exhaustive Parking Study, Supervisors Delay Action 5
• Jul 21: Thanks to All Who Came Out For Streetsblog’s Party on Sunday 1
• Jul 21: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jul 20: Eyes on the Street: Renegade Bicycle Stenciler Strikes Again 29
• Jul 20: Today’s Headlines 1
• Jul 17: Reminder: Streetsblog Party Planned After Sunday Streets! 0
• Jul 17: SF Great Streets Project Finds 17th St. Plaza Builds Community 1
• Jul 17: San Jose and Guerrero Plaza Could Mark Triumph Over Deadly Traffic 59
• Jul 15: ZipCar Starts Second Annual Low-Car Diet Challenge 1
• Jul 14: BART a National Leader in Real-Time Data Transparency and Development 5
• Jul 13: SF Approves Trial Closure of Mason Street In North Beach 11
• Jul 10: 17th Street Plaza Trial Extended Four Months 29
• Jul 08: Woman Hits Caltrans Worker, Claims He Didn’t Jump Fast Enough 4
• Jul 08: SFO Commission Calls BART Surcharge for SFO Workers “Unconscionable” 7
• Jul 08: Enrique Peñalosa Urges SF to Embrace Pedestrians and Public Space 14
• Jul 02: CA Transit Operators Win in Court, But Face Challenge by Governor 3
• Jul 01: When Old Parking Meter Poles Go, So Often Does Bike Parking 5
• Jun 30: “A Lot of This is Just Theater” Says Source Close to BART Contract Flap 2
• Jun 29: Streetfilms: SF Carves a Park from the Midst of Its Pavement 9
• Jun 29: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jun 26: Mayor Newsom, City Agencies and Advocates Celebrate Bike Plan 24
• Jun 26: MTA Hearing on Bike Plan Packed, Mayor to Hold Presser at 3 pm 6
• Jun 26: Does NextBus Own Real-Time Muni Data? 12
• Jun 26: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jun 25: Planning Commission Votes Unanimously to Certify Bike Plan EIR 6
• Jun 25: Meeting to Certify Bike Plan EIR Tonight, Red Tape Likely to Follow 19
• Jun 25: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jun 24: London Campaign to Slow Cyclists on Shared Path Gets Creative 4
• Jun 24: One Week Left in Contract, BART Management and Labor Trade Barbs 10
• Jun 24: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jun 23: Your Thoughts Please on Examiner’s Bike Plan Hit-Piece? 54
• Jun 23: Mayor Newsom Shows Strong Support for Bike Plan 0
• Jun 23: MTC Asks: Are You Prepared If BART Workers Strike Next Week? 3
• Jun 23: Today’s Headlines 3
• Jun 22: Advocates Say MTC Proposal Short-Changes Regional Bike Network 5
• Jun 22: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jun 19: Bicycle Music Festival: Pedal Powered Tunes and Some Exercise, Too 2
• Jun 18: BART Sees Huge Revenue Decline As Ridership and Sales Taxes Plummet 17
• Jun 18: Car-Free Challenge Participants Buck Stereotypes 5
• Jun 17: New SF Police Chief Has Uncertain Livable Streets Credentials 0
• Jun 16: BART Unions Accuse Management of Contract Delays and Costly Perks 5
• Jun 15: Helmet on Your Head or Egg on Your Face 37
• Jun 15: EPA Asks For Bike To Work Feedback, Inhabitat Gives Away a Bike 0
• Jun 15: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jun 12: Bicycle Rides Aplenty This Weekend 0
• Jun 12: Today’s Headlines 1
• Jun 11: Assembly Passes Law Cracking Down on Disability Parking Permit Abuse 14
• Jun 11: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jun 10: Muni Bus-Stop Spacing Analysis Shows 70 Percent of Stops Too Close 58
• Jun 10: Ingleside PD Crosswalk Sting Results in Numerous Tickets, Tows 7
• Jun 10: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jun 09: New Ingleside Captain Gets Tough on Drivers Failing to Yield to Peds 7
• Jun 09: Gav for Guv Interview This Thursday on Current 5
• Jun 09: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jun 08: Packed Mission Sunday Streets Raises the Question, “Why Not Every Week?” 24
• Jun 08: Todays Headlines 4
• Jun 05: MTC Deputy Director McMillan Named to #2 Post at FTA 5
• Jun 05: Mission Sunday Streets Will Showcase Merchants and Cultural Centers 2
• Jun 04: BART Transit Blogger Roundtable, Part II 0
• Jun 03: Would Chron Find Walking and Chewing Gum “Argh” Hard, Too? 14
• Jun 03: BART Invites Transit Bloggers to Query GM Dugger, Part I 12
• Jun 01: Bye-Bye General Motors, Hello (Again) General Locomotives? 4
• Jun 01: Today’s Headlines 1
• May 29: Mayor Newsom and MTA Cut Ribbon on New Solar Bus Shelters 29
• May 28: First Bike to School Day in San Francisco a Success 9
• May 28: Proposal to Limit Vehicles on University Ave in Palo Alto Gains Support 15
• May 27: Only 17 Percent Drive to Downtown SF to Shop, Study Finds 12
• May 22: Finding Unused Pavement for Parks and Plazas in Lower Potrero 12
• May 21: SFPark: “It’s Really an Exciting Time in the Meter World” 6
• May 20: Mission Sunday Streets Expected to Draw Largest Crowds Yet 9
• May 19: Advocates Upset By Prospect of Further Bike Lane Delays 11
• May 18: Students in Brooklyn, NY, Paint The Pavement 0
• May 18: 17th Street Plaza Well Used Its First Weekend 2
• May 15: Where’s Gavin? Likely Campaigning in an Armored SUV 4
• May 15: Today’s Headlines 0
• May 14: Bike to Work Day Draws Record Crowds of Cyclists 5
• May 14: Eyes on the Street: A Photographic Ode to Pedestrians 0
• May 13: Mayor Newsom Unveils SF’s First Pavement to Parks Plaza 75
• May 13: Around the Bay on Bike to Work Day 0
• May 11: Celebrating San Francisco With a Sunday Streets Bicycle Ride 6
• May 08: Come Celebrate Mothers Day This Sunday in the Bayview 3
• May 08: Advocates, Unions Call for BRT Connector Service to Oakland Airport 10
• May 08: BART Directors Consider Design Concepts for New Rail Cars 2
• May 08: Today’s Headlines 0
• May 06: Fear Growing Senator Boxer Won’t Deliver Progressive Transportation Act 5
• May 06: SFBC Golden Wheel Awards Honor Sunday Streets 0
• May 06: 17th St and Market St Plaza Opens Next Wednesday 7
• Apr 28: Cartoon Tuesday: Warsaw Police Encourage Helmets and Sobriety 3
• Apr 27: Eyes on the Street: SFPD and Best Friend on Muni! 0
• Apr 27: Sunday Streets Brings Out Throngs of People to Enjoy Car-Free Streets 0
• Apr 24: Great Streets Project Hires Director, Hits the Streets Running 3
• Apr 23: MTC Approves Sweeping Regional Plan, Debates New Toll Lanes 3
• Apr 22: Eyes On The Street: Mayor Newsom Shames Earth Day 11
• Apr 22: Gav For Guv Short On Transportation Essentials 8
• Apr 21: Bayview Merchants Hopeful Sunday Streets Will Bring Business 3
• Apr 15: Ad Nauseam: What Are You Implying, Chase? 15
• Apr 14: Making the Best of Having Your Bicycle Stolen 5
• Apr 13: California Cities Need A Predictable Fund For Transit Operations 7
• Apr 10: BART Releases 2010 Budget, But Board Doesn’t Debate Its Merits 2
• Apr 09: Calls For Greater 311, MTA Efficiency 4
• Apr 09: BART Board Will Consider Increased Parking Fees to Address Budget Woes 2
• Apr 08: Caption Contest: Riding the Historic Streetcar 6
• Apr 08: MTC to Award $1.3 Million for Bay Bridge West Span Bike Path Study 22
• Apr 07: GM and Segway Unveil La-Z-Boy on Wheels 10
• Apr 06: What’s in a Neighborhood 10
• Apr 03: You Don’t Have To Be A Genius To Know Bike Registration Is Dumb 13
• Apr 03: Today’s Headlines 0
• Apr 02: Eyes on the Street: Some Lovely Photos from a Streetsblog Reader 2
• Apr 02: News From New York: The ABC’s of Trial Plazas and Complete Streets 8
• Apr 02: Today’s Headlines 2
• Apr 01: Ad Nauseam: Kentucky Fried Potholes 7
• Apr 01: Mayor Newsom, Caltrans Announce Plans to Remove Portions of I-280 9
• Mar 31: Happy Belated Transportation Freedom Day, San Francisco! 0
• Mar 30: California Could Start Requiring Drivers to Report VMT 23
• Mar 27: The Rise of an Evil Anti-Car Multinational Conglomerate 8
• Mar 27: That’s Sooo Vanilla!: Friday Bike Porn in Forbes Magazine 3
• Mar 26: The World’s Best Music Videos Featuring Bicycles 12
• Mar 26: Regional Transportation Funding Problems Keep Getting Bigger 5
• Mar 25: 17th Street Closure Will Be First NYC-style Plaza in San Francisco 54
• Mar 24: Should California Enact an “Idaho Stop” Law for Cyclists? 19
• Mar 24: Today’s Headlines 0
• Mar 23: Little Brother is Watching 4
• Mar 23: San Francisco’s Unbuilt Freeway Network Revisited 10
• Mar 23: Today’s Headlines 0
• Mar 20: BART Board Will Soon Debate Raising Parking Fees 10
• Mar 18: Sacramento to Debate How to Allocate Stimulus Funds this Week 0
• Mar 18: DOT and HUD: Transportation and Land-Use Planning Should Prioritize TOD 1
• Mar 17: The Troubling Discord Between Transbay and High Speed Rail Authorities 14
• Mar 17: US DOT Secretary LaHood Gives Love to Bikes and Streetsblog 3
• Mar 17: Today’s Headlines 0
• Mar 16: The Clamor for a Better Market Street Grows Louder 12
• Mar 16: Today’s Headlines 1
• Mar 13: Planning Unveils Street Design Toolkit in the Mission 8
• Mar 12: DPW Agrees to Delay Pedestrian Median Fence on Potrero Ave 3
• Mar 12: Street Closure Committee Approves First Two Sunday Streets Routes 1
• Mar 12: Walk Score Updates Transit Travel Map for Bay Area 6
• Mar 11: Mission Neighbors Upset Over Proposed Pedestrian Fence 31
• Mar 10: The Rise of the Longtail Bicycle 4
• Mar 09: Do We Have to Wait for the Next Mayor for a Car-free Market Street? 10
• Mar 06: The Future Design of SF’s Bike Racks May Start on Treasure Island 6
• Mar 05: The Art of Air Traffic Over America 2
• Mar 03: Did the Chronicle Forget SF Has a Transit-First Policy? 7
• Mar 03: Love Your Lane: Kirkham Street to the Sea 1
• Mar 03: The Nearly Extinct Bipedus Norteamericanus Makes a Comeback 3
• Mar 02: A Very Astute Critique of Highways by an Editor of The Weekly Standard 2
• Feb 27: Using Software to Find Walkable Neighborhoods and Live Car Free 4
• Feb 26: San Francisco Should Take Cues from New York and Just Try It! 19
• Feb 25: Despite Outcry, MTC Board Approves OAK Connector Funds 6
• Feb 24: Advocates Upset Stim Money Could Still Fund Oakland Airport Connector 3
• Feb 20: The Myth of the Urban Driving Shoppers 25
• Feb 19: A Decidedly Dim View of Electric Vehicles 15
• Feb 18: Planning Department Unveils San Francisco’s First Pedestrian Priority Street 8
• Feb 18: Obama Calls For Better Regional Planning Measures in TEA Reauthorization 1
• Feb 18: Today’s Headlines 0
• Feb 17: The Future of Van Ness Avenue is a Full-Feature BRT Route 19
• Feb 13: How Many Bikes Would Make a Proper Bike Share Program in San Francisco? 3
• Feb 12: Short Stimulus Package Timeline Will Compel Tough Regional Choices 5
• Feb 10: DIY Safety Aids No Bike Injunction Can Stop 1
• Feb 10: BRT Comes Out Ahead of Light Rail, Again 42
• Feb 09: Two-Way Hayes Extension is a Step Closer, Though Obstacles Remain 10
• Feb 09: Advocates Ask Supes to Support a Two-Way Hayes 2
• Feb 06: The Great Streets Campaign Needs a Leader 6
• Feb 05: Senate’s $50 Billion Highway Giveaway Nearly Dead 0
• Feb 05: SPUR Hosting a Meet-and-Greet With Supervisor Avalos Tonight 0
• Feb 05: The Boxer/Inhofe Amendment: Not Green Enough 0
• Feb 04: Love Your Lane: Unclogging the Cesar Chavez Traffic Sewer 42
• Feb 04: Boxer’s Stimulus Saga Rolls On 1
• Feb 03: It Gets Worse: Boxer/Inhofe to Request $50B More for Highways 2
• Feb 03: Will Senator Boxer Give in to Global-Warming-a-Hoax Inhofe on Stimulus? 2
• Feb 02: Does Car Sharing Reduce Your Driving? 14
• Jan 29: The Impending Failure of San Francisco’s Pilot Bike Share Program 30
• Jan 28: Paradise LOSt (Part III): California’s Revolutionary Plan to Overhaul Transportation Analysis 3
• Jan 27: Watch Now: House Rules Committee Debating Stim Package 1
• Jan 27: Paradise LOSt (Part II): Turning Automobility on Its Head 3
• Jan 27: Two Action Alerts to Improve Stimulus Package for Transit Today 6
• Jan 26: Paradise LOSt (Part I): How Long Will the City Keep Us Stuck in Our Cars? 33
• Jan 23: Eyes on the Street: DIY Street Furniture Enlivens Potrero Hill Street 4
• Jan 23: Market/Octavia Debate: Safety by Numbers or Safety in Numbers? 6
• Jan 23: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 22: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 21: Drivers Are Running the Red Light at Fell/Masonic, Imperiling Cyclists 30
• Jan 20: Unlocking San Francisco’s Privately Owned Public Open Spaces 5
• Jan 19: Volunteers Clean Up the Streets for National Day of Service 2
• Jan 16: Disabilities Advocates Launch Campaign to End Sidewalk Parking 7
• Jan 16: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 15: Media Too Often Blame the Victim in Pedestrian Crashes 0
• Jan 15: Supervisor Dufty Argues 299 Valencia Vote Sets No Precedent 6
• Jan 14: Obama Nominee Ray LaHood Appropriated Big Money to Road Lobby 0
• Jan 14: 299 Valencia Appeal Fails As Swing Vote Dufty Sides with Developer 6
• Jan 13: Eyes on the Street: History of Oakland Chinatown’s Barnes Dance 10
• Jan 13: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 12: Will the Board of Supervisors Betray the Market/Octavia Plan on Tuesday? 6
• Jan 12: In Magnetometers We Trust 2
• Jan 09: Bike Commuter, David Chiu, Will Preside Over the Board of Supes 1
• Jan 07: Schwarzenegger Long on Fiscal Stimulus Rhetoric, Short on Transit Specifics 1
• Jan 06: Eyes on the Street: Cleaning the Curb, Fouling the Sidewalk 7
• Jan 06: SF’s Parking Experiment to Test Shoup’s Traffic Theories 2

• 2008

• Dec 11: San Francisco Mayor to NYC: “Eat Your Heart Out.” 25
• Nov 28: SF Responds to Bike Injunction With 1,353 Page Enviro Review 17
• Oct 09: Jan Gehl Reflects on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf 3
• Oct 08: Jan Gehl Says San Francisco Must be Sweet to Pedestrians and Cyclists 7