Year: 2009
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Festival on the Square
Come out to “Festival on the Square” for an afternoon of exciting performances, activities, games and prizes! Make sure to also sign up for free alleyway tours or the scavenger hunt! For more details, please visit our website www.chinatowncdc.org. See you there!
October 7, 2009
Oakland Council Rolls Back Parking Changes Amid Cries From Merchants
During another raucous staging of political parking theater at last night's Oakland City Council meeting, where more than 90 speakers often shouted their opinions on the city's parking policy, the council reversed its position from July, scaling back the 8 pm evening time limit until 6 pm and assenting to a dynamic, citywide parking study. To
make up the approximately $1 million in lost parking revenue, the council will look to new
advertising deals, including nearly $500,000 in billboard revenue from Clear Channel. Only Councilmember Nancy Nadel of Downtown and West Oakland voted against the roll-back.
October 7, 2009
Obama’s Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years
The Obama administration has brought both good news and bad news
to transit riders. But here's a positive sign you haven't heard before,
straight from Federal Transit Administration (FTA) chief Peter Rogoff:
In the nine months of the new presidency, the FTA has fielded more
requests for information "directly from the White House" than in the
entire eight years of the Bush administration.
October 7, 2009
Team Obama Adviser: Here’s How to Make Sustainability Mainstream
Shelley Poticha, head of the Obama administration's inter-agency sustainable communities push, is so new to the job that the legislation
creating her office has yet to be officially approved by Congress --
but she has already hit upon two goals aimed at remaking the way
Americans, and their government, view local development.
October 7, 2009
The Importance of Child Care Within Walking Distance
In honor of International Walk to School Day,
we're going to look at a post from Minnesota's Twin Cities about what
you might call Wouldn't It Be Great If You Could Walk Your Kid to
Preschool Day.
October 7, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Oakland City Council Decides to Endorse Oak Airport Connector with Additional Stop (KCBS) Boy in Wheelchair Watches as Hit-and-Driver Who Injured Him is Sentenced in San Jose (Merc) Marin County Woman Accused of Using 13-year-old Son as Designated Driver (SF Gate) SFPD Will Halt Policy of Towing and Impounding Cars of Unlicensed Drivers (The Snitch) … Continued
October 7, 2009
Supes Approve $30 Million Contract for Muni Train Control System
The Board of Supervisors today approved a five-year, $30 million umbrella purchasing agreement between the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Thales Transport & Security, Inc. for Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) "improvement services and upgrades." The ATCS system controls the speed, location, and routing of Muni's light rail vehicles when they're underground between Embarcadero and West Portal stations. The MTA says the upgrades are necessary to keep the ATCS in working order for the coming decades.
October 6, 2009