Day: August 24, 2009

"Join the Clean team to beautify your community and help keep San Francisco clean, green, and graffiti free. We are looking for volunteers to help clean up the neighborhoods, parks and San Francisco coastline throughout District 10."

"Pump up the jams! The SFBC will be hosting an SFBC Service Station for commuters whose tires are low on air at Valencia at 19th."

San Francisco designer Lisa Marie Grillos has been on an unexpected journey since she lost her job as a production manager at Williams Sonoma this January, one which took her from frustration and dismay scouring Craigslist and other job sites to having her face splashed across the business page of the New York Times.

What better way to start your week than with a livable streets meet-up! Here are the highlights from this week’s livable streets calendar. Monday: Livable Streets Community Meet-Up. Join Streetsblog SF and the Livable Streets Initiative to meet fellow advocates from around the Bay Area to discuss the role of technology in transportation advocacy. Whether … Continued

Join Streetsblog SF and the Livable Streets Initiative to discuss the role of technology in transportation advocacy. Join the Livable Streets Community to share strategies and let them know how technology can grease the wheels of your work.

What kind of a statement does car-free living make in a small city? Today on the Streetsblog Network, Aaron Renn at The Urbanophile poses that question in a provocative post. Sure, it's about walking the walk of sustainable transportation, he says, but it also represents a withdrawal from the community structure in places such as Columbus and Cincinnati:

Driver Who Hit a Young Girl and Her Mother in Burlingame Won’t Be Charged (SF Gate) Merc: “Officials Struggle to Help Palo Alto Deal with Another Caltrain Death” More About What Muni is Doing to Improve Safety in Wake of Crashes (SF Gate) Bicyclist Seriously Injured in Crash on Highway 92 in San Mateo County … Continued