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EBBC: Bike to Work Day Volunteer Thank You Party: Team Bike Challenge Awards
By Robert Prinz |
From EBBC: We owe a tremendous shout out to the best part of the East Bay Bicycle Coalition–our great volunteers. Thanks to their incredible work, over 200 volunteers, Bike to Work Day has expanded to all regions of the East Bay, and in a big way. And through the great work of our volunteers, we […]
Just How Lame Will This Lame Duck Be?
By Tanya Snyder |
The GOP has named the 22 members of its transition team and it’s ready to get to work. Don’t expect the work for these lawmakers to include any actual law-making, though. Not till January, anyway. The lame duck session, which begins Monday, has a long agenda. On the list of have-to’s: Coming to some agreement […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Aaron Bialick |
This week, SPUR envisions 100,000 people per square mile and discusses parks as evolving artifacts, the streets repair bond measure goes before the SF Board of Supervisors, TransForum spotlights car-free adventures and heroes, and the San Jose Bike Party celebrates women who ride. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday: What would 100,000 people per square mile […]
A Rose By Another Name: San Jose’s Bike Party
By Chris Carlsson |
A crowd assembles at the beginning of San Jose Bike Party, April 16, 2010. Let’s just say right away that Critical Mass is a bike party, and the San Jose Bike Party has a lot more similarities to Critical Mass than differences. A half-dozen San Francisco and Berkeley Critical Mass veterans took a field trip […]
Will Bike-Phobic Dan Maes Cost the Colorado GOP Major Party Status?
By Tanya Snyder |
This is the third installment of Streetsblog Capitol Hill’s series on key governor’s races. Earlier we brought you stories about a candidate who likes bikes but isn’t sure about transit in Tennessee, and the choice between light rail and bus rapid transit in Maryland. Here we turn our attention to Colorado. Colorado is a classic […]
Portland’s Tilikum Crossing, a Bridge for the 21st Century
By Angie Schmitt |
Tilikum Crossing, a new bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, is everything the hated Columbia River Crossing was not. While the CRC would have devoted billions to expanding car lanes and new highway interchanges, the Tilikum will serve only transit, biking, and walking. Matthew Nelson at Electric Urbanism says the fact that one bridge — the […]