Year: 2009
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Eyes on the Street: SFPD’s Ingleside Bicycle Beat
Mission Street from Cesar Chavez to Highland Avenue is a vibrant commercial and pedestrian strip, though it also suffers from a good deal of speeding traffic. The strip is also notorious for the noise from motorcycle owners gunning it up the hill and along the long blocks just south of Cesar Chavez.
December 3, 2009
Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Blumenauer Talks Economic Recovery
On the issue of clean transportation, from transit to bike paths to
clean water, few members of Congress are as knowledgeable or active as
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR). Chief of the Congressional Bicycle Caucus
and founder of the new Livable Communities Task Force,
the Portland lawmaker is on the front lines of Washington's biggest
infrastructure debates. Streetsblog Capitol Hill spoke with him
yesterday about the prospects for transportation in the coming jobs
bill, which he has said could be paid for in part with Wall Street bailout money. Below is a lightly edited transcript of the discussion.
December 3, 2009
T4A Calls for Smarter Jobs Policy
In yesterday's post about the Streetsblog Network's first birthday, I should have mentioned the crucial role that Transportation for America played in the network's conception and inception. We couldn't have done it without them.
December 3, 2009
As Muni Prepares for Route Changes Saturday, Deeper Service Cuts Loom
This Saturday will bring wide-ranging changes to Muni, a broad reorganization of the city's transit system that MTA Executive Director Nat Ford called the most complex service changes in a generation. But while this round of changes will be virtually net-neutral in terms of overall service and revenue, Ford said the MTA's looming $19 million mid-year budget deficit will force the agency to consider much deeper future service cuts.
December 2, 2009
Paint-Happy MTA Crews Prepare for Physically Separated Market St Lane
Though it might sound incredible to San Franciscans who have followed bicycle issues for the past three years, not only are more bicycle infrastructure improvements coming, they might be better than anyone imagined. Streetsblog has learned that in addition to the lanes striped today on Mississippi and Howard and seven more bike lanes expected in the next few weeks, the MTA will install a separated bike lane on Market Street.
December 2, 2009
Absenteeism and Maintence Concerns Could Spell Trouble for Muni
In an annual performance review of San Francisco's Muni transit service presented at the final MTA Board Meeting of 2009 yesterday, several troubling indicators cast a shadow on the agency's efforts to improve its reputation and service performance.
December 2, 2009
Who Wants to Buy a New Locomotive? General Electric Hopes Amtrak Does
General Electric's Transportation division inked a high-speed rail technology-sharing deal with China last month, but the prospects on the home front for its fuel-efficient locomotives are downright "bleak" heading into 2010, as its chief executive recently told Dow Jones.
December 2, 2009
Why Deficit Politics Matter in the Infrastructure Debate
Infrastructure will be on the menu tomorrow when the White House
hosts a "jobs summit" aimed at assuaging public concern over mounting
unemployment. Labor leaders have vowed to push for new transport projects, and invitee Paul Krugman is already on record backing a Wall Street transaction tax that some House Democrats want to see benefit the built environment.
December 2, 2009
Happy Birthday, Streetsblog Network
One year ago today, we announced the launch of the Streetsblog Network
-- a national and international network of blogs covering
transportation policy, sustainable planning, smart growth and active
transportation. We conceived of the network as a way to get people who
are passionate about these issues literally on the same page.
December 2, 2009