Year: 2009
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Streetsblog Off Today, Cars Off Market Tomorrow
Following the lead of Streetsblog NYC, we're off today in observance of Yom Kippur, though we remind you that your bike commute to work down Market Street tomorrow morning will be quite different than today, should you be riding. With the trial to impose mandatory right turns for private automobiles traveling eastbound at 8th and 6th Streets, your Muni ride might be better, too. At a minimum, pedestrians shopping at Westfield should see a big difference! For more information on the closure, be sure to go over to the Better Market Street website.
September 28, 2009
This Week in Livable Streets Events
It’s a pleasing week ahead in the livable streets calendar, aside from the dour discussion of AC Transit service cuts. With Bicycle Diaries creating a ton of buzz, author David Byrne will check into San Francisco to raise our spirits. Here’s a taste of what’s in store. Monday: How Copenhagen Became a Cycling City. Copenhagen … Continued
September 28, 2009
Taste of Fillmore -Fashion and Food Block Party on Fillmore Street
"Fillmore Street celebrates the superb restaurants and boutiques in the neighborhood with the First Annual Taste of Fillmore. The public will be able to experience a fine selection of Fillmore Street shops with live cooking demonstrations, fashion shows and food and wine tastings. The entire block will be closed off to street traffic, turning the block into a fashion and food extravaganza.
September 25, 2009
Eyes on the Street: Week in Review
Wow, what a beautiful bunch of uploads the Streetsblog community has been tagging for our Flickr pool! Please keep it up. And plug1 (a.k.a. whatimseeing.com), you rock; we'd put more of your photos up, but we don't have that much server room. Thanks all for the contributions and please keep sending them our way!
September 25, 2009
Transit to Trails Site Debuted And SF Announces Digital App Showcase
We all know that you don't have to go far from Bay Area cities to find some of the most beautiful mountains and epic beaches in the country, but you might be surprised how easy it is to get to those hikes and natural wonders without a car. Thanks to a beta website called Transit and Trails, hosted by the Bay Area Open Space Council, you can ditch your ride and plan your next adventure taking public transportation to Mt. Tam or Stinson Beach or Briones.
September 25, 2009
Can State DOTs Be Trained to Kick the Sprawl Habit?
I had the chance to listen in yesterday to top staffers from USDOT
explain their collaboration with HUD and the EPA -- the "Partnership
for Livable Communities" that was first unveiled in March and touted again by President Obama in July.
Three officials, including one of Ray LaHood's top deputies, Beth
Osborne, outlined their plans via conference call to several hundred
people from all parts of the country.
September 25, 2009
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: A new Doyle Drive
"With funding from the federal stimulus package, the new Presidio Parkway is slated to start construction this fall, replacing the decrepit Doyle Drive. Designed in deference to its natural surroundings in the Presidio and along Crissy Marsh, Presidio Parkway will allow for more pedestrian crossings, direct access to the Presidio and a calming transition to residential streets. With Jose Luis Moscovich and Ignacio Barandiaran of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority."
September 25, 2009
SPUR Evening Symposium: Good Design SF
"Good design can solve everyday problems. Join Min Day Architecture, Mike and Maaike, Stamen Design, Surface Design, Kuth Ranieri Architects and Volume, some of the brightest minds from the vast and varied San Francisco design community, as they present simple solutions to some of the city’s most pressing issues, selected by urban leaders who can help launch them into action.
September 25, 2009
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: The story of William Stout Books
"William Stout, owner of San Francisco's eponymous bookstore, William Stout Architectural Books—and, as of late September, SPUR's new neighbor—will tell the story of his store, which first opened as an urban salon for local architects in 1978. He'll also talk about his publishing arm—which has produced books on architecture, urbanism and design theory—as well as his adventurous forays into building his own private collection of nearly 10,000 volumes."
September 25, 2009