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Port City: The history and transformation of SF’s waterfront
By Aaron Bialick |
From SPUR: Representatives from San Francisco Architectural Heritage will present the group’s new book, Port City. The book’s author, Michael Corbett, will discuss the rich history of the port and its role in shaping San Francisco. Heritage Executive Director Mike Buhler will detail the transformation of the waterfront and the current context of its redevelopment, including what lies […]
San Jose Street Safety Vigil
By Aaron Bialick |
California Walks, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, TransForm, San Jose STEPS Coalition, California Alliance for Retired Americans, Agents for Change, Transition, and HealthTrust invite you to a Safe Streets Daylight Vigil to: Commemorate the lives lost to traffic violence this year with friends, neighbors, and community leaders and call on the City to work with us […]
Noah Budnick Named SF Bicycle Coalition’s New Executive Director
By Aaron Bialick |
Noah Budnick, an accomplished advocate for safe streets and effective transit in New York City, has been named the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s new executive director and will succeed Leah Shahum, who will step down after 12 years leading the organization. Budnick has built a strong national reputation among livable streets advocates in his 14 […]
Things Are Heating Up!
By Chris Carlsson |
New Bike Plan! Let’s Get Naked and Celebrate! Critical Mass San Francisco, June 2009. I was glad to see “We Are the World” on the ridiculously inadequate Climate Change bill that finally emerged from the corrupt U.S. Congress. Sadly, the bill could only emerge with the support of a number of mainstream environmental lobbyists in […]
Palo Alto Forum: Parking Management for Smart Growth
By Aaron Bialick |
From Palo Alto Forward: We seem to want a lot of it, but never seem to get enough of it – What is it? PARKING! Let’s find a better way to manage our parking issues. How can we make it more convenient to get to downtown Palo Alto (and Mountain View, Menlo Park, Mountain View, […]
10 Years Later: How Cincy Healed Its Central City — and Its Reputation
By Angie Schmitt |
Just over 10 years ago, Cincinnati was in chaos. Race riots sparked by incidents of policy brutality erupted not far from the University of Cincinnati in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. That is the kind of thing that some cities never recover from, the kind of thing that can brand a city as a combustible node of […]