Month: November 2009
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MTA Crews Will Begin Painting New Bike Lanes Tomorrow
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 about to whip out the paint is cause for celebration, and the SFBC is planning two events to mark the occasion.
November 30, 2009
LaHood to Congress: It’s Time to Talk About a Gas Tax Increase
As Congress maneuvers to end the political impasse over the next
long-term national transportation bill, lawmakers going to have to
debate an increase in the federal gas tax, Transportation Secretary Ray
LaHood said today.
November 30, 2009
Climate’s 17 Undecided Dems Got $2.3M From Transport & Electric Lobbies
The trouble with broad analysis pieces on campaign cash is that they
often go for eye-popping numbers while obscuring uncomfortable
political realities. For example, GreenWire reported this morning that the 27 senators who remain undecided on the chamber's pending climate bill took "more than $20 million ... over the past two decades from energy interests with a direct stake in pending legislation."
November 30, 2009
Women of WOBO Ride – Tea & Cookies!
The next Women of WOBO (WOW) ride is a Tea & Cookies Ride – Sunday, December 6th. Bring your favorite teabag, a cup and some cookies to share as we create a mobile tea party! We'll provide hot water for steeping at Diamond Park – approximately halfway between Rockridge and Fruitvale. The ride will follow established bike routes through the foothills, winding along backstreets between North Oakland and Fruitvale. Any and all female-identified people are invited to participate.
November 30, 2009
Berkeley Planning Commission Hearing on BRT
Informational session on Bus Rapid Transit begins at 6 PM, followed by a Planning Commission meeting and hearing on Berkeley's Locally Preferred Alternative beginning at 7PM. Opponents have been out in force, and we need supporters to attend this meeting.
November 30, 2009
“The Highway to Play a Vital Role in the Progress of Civilization”
Disney's Magic Highway USA is one of the more extraordinary examples of the myopic devotion to automobility and its infrastructure I've ever seen. It's probably also required viewing at the Reason Foundation and among Senator James Inhofe's staff in Washington DC.
November 30, 2009
Back to Civilization
Returning to Copenhagen after some years away is always a pleasant shock. Few cities in the world feel as properly scaled as this lovely old Danish capital. My mother was born and raised here, so I've been visiting off and on over the years. No doubt my own visions of what San Francisco could be, in terms of a bicycling city, have always been shaped by my experiences here in Copenhagen.
November 30, 2009
Lancet Study: We Must Reduce Auto Dependency
Lots of catching up to do after the holiday weekend. Here's a sampling of what's been coming in over the network:
November 30, 2009