Day: March 18, 2009

If you've pedaled or walked Sutter Street lately, or happen to live on Sutter like me, you've probably noticed the curb ramps and streets being torn up. It's all part of DPW's $1.2 million Sansome and Taylor Street Pavement Renovation Project, which began in early February. According to the DPW's Christine Falvey:

It's a good day to talk about the costs of car ownership on individuals and families and the need to integrate transportation and land use planning regionally.

A new mural is taking shape in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, at the corner of Jones and Golden Gate, diagonally across from St. Anthony’s Dining Room where hundreds line up every day for a hot meal. Muralist Mona Caron and Project Manager LisaRuth Elliott can be found on scaffolds these days, grabbing the good weather when they can to paint on a nondescript building housing a local “sewing company.” In this first of two parts, I talked with LisaRuth Elliott about her experience with the street scene in the Tenderloin. In part two, I’ll explore Mona Caron’s murals from her well-known Bike Mural on Duboce and the Market Street Railway mural on Church, to her recent Noe Valley diptych, all of which make streets and transit central themes.

Today on the Network, more uplifting commentary from Ray LaHood. Posting on his (still unfortunately-named) "Fast Lane" blog, the transportation secretary sings the praises of America's cities as innovative economic centers, and pledges support for urban transportation systems and transit-oriented development.

SF Supes Chiu and Dufty “Outraged” Over Raid on Muni Funds; Dufty Calls Hearing (SF Gate) SF Examiner: “Transit Fare Hikes Becoming Norm” More on the Transbay Terminal Wrangling (SFBG) Three Developers Compete to Build Housing Near Transbay Terminal (SF Gate) Sales of Hybrid Cars Way Down (LAT) Berkeley Grad Student Surveys Oakland’s Diverse Neighborhoods … Continued