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Streetsblog Seeks Freelance Reporters in the East Bay
By Aaron Bialick |
Streetsblog SF is looking for experienced freelance journalists in the East Bay who are knowledgeable and passionate about livable streets and sustainable transportation issues — from public space expansions like the botched Latham Square project, to open streets events like Oaklavia and Sunday Streets Berkeley, to efforts to build safer bike lanes and improve service […]
MTA Crews Will Begin Painting New Bike Lanes Tomorrow
By Bryan Goebel |
This bike box on Scott Street will be painted green in a six-month trial. Photo by Bryan Goebel. San Francisco is about to get its first new bike lane in more than three years along with a colored bike box! Progress has been long stalled by the injunction but the fact that the MTA is […]
With Clipper Card Change, Some Communities Bemoan Lack of Outreach
By Matthew Roth |
FTA Regional Director Lesley Rogers, SFMTA CEO Nat Ford, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Appointment to the MTC, Jon Rubin, at a press conference in the Civic Center Muni Metro station. Photos: Matthew Roth. With the roll-out of the Bay Area-wide Clipper smart card, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the many transit operators adopting […]
Streetscast: Sunday Streets Press Conference
By Bryan Goebel |
Leah Shahum with Wade Crowfoot, Nat Ford, David Chiu and Ben Caldwell. Photo by Bryan Goebel. The Mayor’s Director of Climate Change Initiatives, Wade Crowfoot, joined MTA Executive Director Nat Ford, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum and many others this morning to formally announce this year’s six Sunday Streets […]
Schwarzenegger Long on Fiscal Stimulus Rhetoric, Short on Transit Specifics
By Matthew Roth |
Governor Schwarzenegger sent a letter Tuesday to President-elect Obama encouraging massive expenditure in the federal stimulus package on a host of projects in California. The letter comes a month after the governor and president-elect discussed the stimulus package in person: When we met, I had identified $28 billion in infrastructure projects ready to break ground […]
Bike to Work Day Pancake Breakfast and Press Conference at Oakland City Hall
By Robert Prinz |
From EBBC: The City of Oakland and the EBBC invite you for pancakes on Bike to Work Day morning. Come to the biggest energizer station in the East Bay and hear from Mayor Jean Quan and many more VIPs as we celebrate the best Bike to Work Day yet. Thanks to Whole Foods & Bicycle […]