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SPUR Young Urbanists: Nightlife in SF: The death of fun or urban peace?
By Abigail Shull |
"In a compact city like San Francisco, one person’s fun is another person’s unwelcome late night party. From the crackdowns on Halloween to nightclubs to street festivals and events, some have claimed there’s a “death of fun” march across the city. Other cities are moving in the opposite direction: Paris just decreed to keep its […]
Should SF Streets Go Car-Free to Make Room for Nightlife?
By Aaron Bialick |
Polk, Valencia, Castro, Broadway — when bar patrons crowd these streets at night, should they go car-free? While the idea may be novel to San Francisco, many other cities have done it. Up the coast in Vancouver, British Columbia, downtown Granville Street is often closed to cars on bustling weekend nights for people to roam […]
Great Cities Don’t Take Late-Night Transit Service Away From Workers
By Angie Schmitt |
What a sad state of affairs for transit in the nation’s capital. As WMATA, the agency that runs the DC Metro, temporarily disrupts service to take care of necessary system repairs, it’s also considering a permanent end to late-night service. That is entirely unacceptable, especially in a city where so many people work outside the typical 9-to-5 shift, says Kristen […]
A Casino for Lower Manhattan? How Banishing Vice Can Backfire
By Angie Schmitt |
Fifteen people were killed last week when a tour bus returning from the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut crashed on a highway in the Bronx, on the way back to Chinatown in Manhattan. That got the local press writing about tour bus safety, and it also got Cap’n Transit‘s gears turning about a common […]
San Jose Bike Party: Sharks Ride
By Robert Prinz |
From sjbikeparty.org: Spring has sprung and this month we will be celebrating the San Jose Sharks. Bleed teal or start growing out your beard for the Sharks’ Beard-a-thon. The Sharks are in the playoffs; the forecast for next week looks clear and the city of San Jose is planning on installing a bunch of new bike […]
Today’s Headlines
By Aaron Bialick |
Central Subway “Has Become the Most Divisive Issue in the Mayor’s Race” (SFGate) BART to Repay Customers $202,000 in Car Parking Fees Due to Glitch (SF Examiner) Friday Late-Night BART Service On the Table Again (SF Examiner, CBS 5) BART Police Post Annual Report on Complaints Against Officers (CoCo Times) SFGate‘s Ken Garcia: “Costly Road […]