Streetsblog San Francisco

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. We’re giving employers free listings, normally a $50 value, through the end of the summer.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Ruby on Rails developer, Social Bicycles
Help build the world’s most innovative public bike sharing system. Looking for experienced Rails developers to build our operator and consumer web portal. Short-term contract work or full-time positions with equity are both available.

Transportation Demand Program Manager, City of Santa Monica, CA
Spearheads development and implementation of the City’s aggressive approach in the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) of the General Plan to reduce auto trips through a range of measures, to maximize use of parking resources, and to lead the formation and ongoing implementation of Transportation Demand Districts throughout the City.

Senior Multi-Modal Planner, San Francisco MTA
The Senior Multi-Modal Planner is responsible for managing transportation planning projects toward the development of integrated multi-modal systems (pedestrian, bicycle, bicycle sharing, car/ride sharing, parking, intelligent transportation systems, travel demand management, transit, taxi and goods movement loading) plans.

Multi-Modal Planner, San Francisco MTA
The Multi-Modal Planner is responsible for providing technical assistance and support to project managers in the development of integrated multi-modal systems (pedestrian, bicycle, bicycle sharing, car/ride sharing, parking, intelligent transportation systems, travel demand management, transit, taxi and goods movement loading) plans.

Planning Magazine Contributor, UrbDeZine
Urbdezine.com is the fastest growing professional network for urban design and development professionals. If you are an urban planner, designer, or architect, and are actively involved in your field, we want to hear from you.

Community and Regional Planner, Nashville Area MPO
The Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the regional transportation policy, planning, and programming agency for the greater Nashville region, is looking for an enthusiastic, hard-working, and skilled professional to help advance several regional initiatives in Middle Tennessee.

Transportation Student Professional Worker, Los Angeles Department of City Planning
The Los Angeles Department of City Planning seeks two student professional workers (SPWs) for the update of the Mobility Element of the General Plan. These paid positions are available from fall 2011 to summer 2012.

Deputy Director for Technology Services, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
The Deputy Director for Technology Services directs all activities related to technology services within the Authority, including transportation modeling, graphics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), website design and maintenance, multi-media communications and general information technology support.

Streetsblog San Francisco is taking a week-long summer break. In the meantime, please check out our national coverage at Streetsblog Capitol Hill, along with Streetsblog New York and Streetsblog Los Angeles. We’ll be back to a normal publishing schedule on August 8th. Have a great week!

Our June fundraising campaign has come to a close, and I want to thank each one of you who donated to Streetsblog San Francisco. While we didn’t quite hit our $25,000 goal, we did raise $18,000, and that’s a cause for celebration. Thank you!

Thanks to the generous support of PUBLIC Bikes, I’m thrilled to announce that Streetsblog reader Soren Peterson will soon be riding a new bicycle. He was randomly picked as the winner of our latest PUBLIC Bikes contest. Congratulations Soren, and thank you for your donation!

I also want to give a big shout out to PUBLIC Bikes for being a consistent supporter of Streetsblog San Francisco. Thank you PUBLIC Bikes! I would encourage you to visit their lovely shop in South Park and tell ‘em Streetsblog sent ya!

We will be working diligently over the next few months to raise the critical funds we need for the rest of 2011 and beyond.

Please keep the donations coming in so we can continue producing high-impact advocacy journalism.

Thanks also to Mike’s Bikes for recently signing on as one of our first advertisers. Their support has also been key.

Thank you again for your donations, and have a great 4th of July weekend!

All the best,
Bryan

Donate $25 or more right now and qualify to win a beautiful new PUBLIC Bike. Photo courtesy of PUBLIC Bikes.

We’re entering the final hours of our summer fundraising campaign and we really need your help to meet our goal!

If you value the high-impact advocacy journalism we produce at Streetsblog San Francisco, please donate $50, $100 or $1,000 right now to help us raise $25,000 by midnight tomorrow.

Just yesterday, we brought you the surprising and disappointing news that the city is killing a planned road diet for Cesar Chavez Street. Our recent coverage of one of SoMa’s most dangerous intersections has elevated the discussion on much-needed improvements for that neighborhood. My interview with the Mayor earlier this year helped make protected bikeways on Fell and Oak streets a priority for the SFMTA.  Those are just some of many high-impact stories we’ve recently produced at Streetsblog San Francisco.

• Donate $10 or more and you’ll qualify to win a copy of Jan Gehl’s inspiring book, “Cities for People.”
• Donate $25 or more and you’ll qualify to win a beautiful new PUBLIC Bike.
• Donate $100 or more and I will call you to talk about livable streets issues and get your story ideas.
• Donate $500 or more and I will personally meet with you.

For those of you who have already donated, thank you! Here’s what some of our donors are saying about Streetsblog San Francisco:

“You’re continually asking the questions: “What are our streets for?” “How can they be better for people?” Asking the questions demands answers and spurs action. Thank you!” -E.S.

“I support Streetsblog because it is by far the best news source for not only local news relating to transportation and urban growth that impacts my everyday life biking to work and enjoying the streets of San Francisco, but also national and federal government news that will impact my lifestyle in the future. Thank you for the excellent reporting.” -K.M.

“SF-specific transit/bike coverage I don’t find anywhere else. Thanks!” -H.L.

Please get your donation in right now to help us reach our goal by tomorrow at midnight!

Thank you,
Bryan

Photo courtesy of PUBLIC Bikes

As we enter the final week of our summer fundraising push, Streetsblog San Francisco and PUBLIC Bikes are giving our readers one more opportunity to win a new bicycle, while supporting your online voice for more livable streets. Our last PUBLIC Bike contest was a great success and this time we’re hoping even more people will donate and qualify to win.

Donate $25 to Streetsblog San Francisco right now and you’ll qualify to win a new PUBLIC V7 or PUBLIC C7 bike.

PUBLIC Bikes ride like butter, and they’re “comfortable enough for everyday trips for casual riders and reliable enough to be your everyday, rain or shine, commuter workhorse.” PUBLIC has been a Streetsblog supporter since the company was founded one year ago and you’re invited to a party July 9th to mark their first anniversary.  You’re also encouraged to stop by their lovely shop in South Park.

Please support high-impact advocacy journalism by donating $25 or more to Streetsblog San Francisco, and help us reach our summer fundraising goal by midnight Thursday! We’ll announce the winner Friday morning.

Thank you PUBLIC Bikes for supporting Streetsblog, and thank you in advance for your donation!

All the best,
Bryan

I’m pleased to announce that Streetsblog is adding a new service: the Streetsblog jobs board. If you have a job opening in the fields of urban planning, transportation engineering, or livable streets advocacy, you’ll reach a talented pool of people by placing the position on Streetsblog.

Posting on Streetsblog gets the word out about your job opening to a national audience of professionals and advocates who are committed to moving cities toward a more sustainable future.

Each month, nearly 200,000 unique visitors come to Streetsblog, making us the most watched transportation and planning news source in America, according to the web analytics site Alexa.com. A job listing posted on Streetsblog will reach a targeted and educated audience:

• 41 percent of our readers have advanced degrees
• We have a strong following among professionals in the public and private sectors who specialize in bike and pedestrian planning, transit planning, urban design, parking management, and the intersection of transportation and technology
• We’re widely read by non-profits working for safer streets, smart growth, and more sustainable transportation
• Our readership ranges from students and professionals at the outset of their careers to top executives and experienced managers

The price for a job listing on Streetsblog, which will be highlighted on all of our sites, is $50. Early adopters get a 100 percent discount: Our first 40 listings are free.

If you’re searching for a job, it’s easy to browse our database for openings in your field. (We have ten listings in five cities — and counting — as we go to press.)

As an independent, not-for-profit news source, we’re also excited about the jobs board as one more way to diversify the way we fund Streetsblog and support the work we do. Try it out and if you have any feedback on how we can improve it, please drop us a line at tips@streetsblog.org.

Photo courtesy of PUBLIC Bikes

I’m really happy to report that our 48-hour PUBLIC Bikes contest was a success. The winner of our random drawing picked this morning chose to remain anonymous, but we know she’s going to love her new PUBLIC Bike and we wish her the very best. Congratulations!

Over the last two days Streetsblog San Francisco readers contributed a total of nearly $4,000 for a chance to win a PUBLIC Bike. Thank you! We still need to reach the $25,000 mark by June 30th, though, so if you haven’t donated please consider supporting your online voice for more livable streets.

Also, special thanks to PUBLIC Bikes! We’re thrilled to have their support, and would like to remind everyone that they’re throwing a party July 9th to mark their one-year anniversary. Streetsblog readers are invited to attend. You’re also encouraged to stop by their shop in South Park, where they’re offering a free u-lock and any rack with any bike purchase until Father’s Day.

Photo courtesy of PUBLIC Bikes

Donate $50 to Streetsblog San Francisco and you could be riding a brand new PUBLIC Bike tomorrow! The San Francisco company has been a big supporter of Streetsblog SF since they were founded one year ago, and they’ve offered to give one lucky reader who donates $50 or more by midnight tonight a new PUBLIC V7 or PUBLIC C7 bike. Donate $50 or more right now and qualify to win a beautiful PUBLIC Bike!

We’ll announce the winner tomorrow morning. To continue producing the high-impact advocacy journalism you read on Streetsblog San Francisco, we need to raise $25,000 from our readers by the end of June. Please support your online voice for more livable streets by donating right now!

Thank you PUBLIC Bikes, and thank you in advance for your donations!

All the best,
Bryan

Photo courtesy of PUBLIC Bike.

To celebrate their one-year anniversary, and help boost our month-long fundraising push, PUBLIC Bikes has generously offered to bestow a brand new PUBLIC V7 or PUBLIC C7 bicycle on a lucky Streetsblog San Francisco reader who donates a minimum of $50 by midnight tomorrow.

Donate $50 or more right now and you’ll qualify to win a beautiful new PUBLIC Bike that you could be riding by Wednesday!

“We’re really proud that PUBLIC has supported Streetsblog San Francisco since the company launched last year,” said Dan Nguyen-Tan of PUBLIC Bikes. And we’ve been grateful for PUBLIC’s support!

The San Francisco company is throwing a party July 9th to mark its one-year anniversary and Streetsblog readers are invited to attend. You’re also encouraged to stop by their lovely shop in South Park, where they’re offering a free u-lock and any rack with any bike purchase until Father’s Day!

Thank you PUBLIC Bikes for supporting Streetsblog, and thank YOU for donating!

All the best,
Bryan

Last spring, we asked for help from readers like you to keep Streetsblog San Francisco going. You answered the call in a big way and I’m happy to report that your contributions helped carry Streetsblog San Francisco through another successful year. Streetsblog is a powerful force for change thanks to our readers, and we’re counting on you to step up again to ensure that we continue to provide high-impact coverage.

We need your support to make Streetsblog San Francisco an even stronger voice for a more livable San Francisco. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation of $50, $100, $1,000 or whatever you can to elevate this important platform for making our city more livable.

Streetsblog San Francisco’s drumbeat of pedestrian, bicycle and transit stories have helped keep important sustainable transportation issues on the radar of policy makers, many of whom have told us they rely on Streetsblog for coverage. A few examples of our impact over the last year:

• Our critical stories on pedestrian safety issues helped move the Mayor’s Office to adopt targets and dates for reducing pedestrian injuries and deaths. “The Streetsblog article helped move all of us along, gave us goals to reach with the Executive Directive, and added voices to the call for improved pedestrian safety,” said Cheryl Brinkman of the SFMTA Board of Directors.
• Our interview with the Mayor in January elevated the discussion on protected bikeways on Fell and Oak Streets. Working with bike advocates, the SFMTA is currently planning a trial protected bikeway on three blocks of Fell Street.
• The SFMTA is working to speed up funding for improvements on Masonic Boulevard after another Streetsblog interview with the Mayor.
• Streetsblog has provided critical and comprehensive coverage of the need to reform parking policy, and Level of Service (LOS) standards, something mainstream media outlets rarely cover.

We can’t do this kind of high-impact advocacy journalism without your support. Please consider a donation to Streetsblog San Francisco today, and help us raise $25,000 by June 30th.

Thank you!

Bryan