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Apparently It’s Pretty Easy to Be a Pothole Fixin’ Hero
By Matthew Roth |
Click image to enlarge. Image: Jonas Madden-Connor and François Vigneault You don’t even need X-ray vision. All you gotta do is call 311. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s (SFBC) Turn ‘Em In Campaign has attempted to raise awareness among cyclists about how easy it is to fix potholes and help the San Francisco Department of […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Michael Rhodes |
This week is all about the weekend: check out four bike rides that will prepare you for the San Francisco Pride Parade and get you thinking about what happens to recycled materials. Here are the week’s highlights: Tuesday: SFMTA Board Meeting. The SFMTA Board is back after missing its last meeting due to lack of […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Michael Rhodes |
Get to know your fellow livable streets enthusiasts at multiple mingling events this week, and work off the Thanksgiving feast with a smooth road ride. Here are the week’s highlights: Tuesday: SFBC Volunteer Phone Banking. No cold calling, just simple reminders to lapsed SFBC members that their membership is expired. Come share in the fun. […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Michael Rhodes |
This week, celebrate Market Street’s new separated bike lane, and join the effort to extend it all the way to the Embarcadero. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday: Bike Movie Night at the Independent. A free screening of Nebraska Supersonic, a comedy that tells the story of three friends who start a […]
Reviewing the Policing of Critical Mass
By Chris Carlsson |
Now that the new police chief has announced he is going to "review" department procedures with respect to Critical Mass, I think it might be a good time to "review" the history of the relationship between Critical Mass and the police. I have to emphasize that this relationship has evolved in the context of a […]
Extra! Extra! Nevius and Matier Serving Up Steaming Piles of Journalism
By Matthew Roth |
C.W. Nevius. Photo: dumbeast A couple of real stinkers over in Mainstream Medialand today. Let’s start with Chuck Nevius’s column, which tries to argue that San Francisco will never be bike friendly. Forget the fact that San Franciscans are riding in greater numbers than ever before despite the fact that the city has implemented only […]