Year: 2009
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Diridon Station Area Plan Community Visioning Workshop #1
"Community members are invited to join the planning team from the City of San José for a Diridon Station Area Plan Visioning Workshop. The first in a series of community workshops for the Station Area Plan, this event will focus on visions and ideas for the future. Workshop participants will be involved in hands-on activities to identify key issues for the planning team to address for the Station Area Plan."
August 26, 2009
Of Froggy Dreams and Feral Houses
File today's Streetsblog Network post under "where fantasy meets reality."
August 26, 2009
Today’s Headlines
ATU Members Approve BART Contract (KCBS, CBS5, ABC7) 145 BART Train Operators Earned More Than $20,000 in Overtime (SF Gate) More on the Bay Bridge Labor Day Closure (Merc) San Rafael’s D Street Opened to Two-Way Traffic (Marin IJ) Muni Fare Evaders Get $75 Fines During Sting (Mission Loc@l) SF Gate: “Mission Bay Becoming a Real Neighborhood” … Continued
August 26, 2009
Construction Starts on Two New Pavement to Parks Plazas
When the plaza at 17th and Market Streets opened up last May, city officials promised more Pavement to Parks projects in short order. Yesterday, there was physical evidence at the sites of two new planned plazas that the city is making good on its commitment.
August 25, 2009
SamTrans Considers Raising Fares, Cutting Service and Eliminating Lines
SamTrans - the buses and paratransit vehicles that run the length of El Camino Real between Palo Alto and Daly City, traverse the Santa Cruz mountains, and service San Francisco's financial district - is preparing to raise fares and reduce service on some bus lines and eliminate other lines in order to close a $28.4 million budget gap.
August 25, 2009
When You Just Gotta Get Your Streetsblog No Matter Where You Are
We're very happy to announce that all you brilliant and dedicated Streetsblog readers can now take your favorite blog with you almost anywhere, even when your service is a bit dodgier than you'd prefer. Introducing the beta Streetsblog Mobile for your handheld, a stripped down version of the blog for your phone's browser, one we hope facilitates reading while you're on BART or in that droning client meeting and you just have to keep up on that comment thread about personal rapid transit.
August 25, 2009
Bike Skirt Goes Car-Free in Birmingham
Yesterday we featured a post from The Urbanophile
about the political and personal costs of carlessness in a small city.
Today, we've got something of an antidote to that -- an entry from Streetsblog Network member Bike Skirt in Birmingham, Alabama, about the sense of liberation, connection and empowerment that giving up a car can bring.
August 25, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Driver Injured When His Car Collides with a Muni Metro LRV in Parkside (Muni Diaries, SF Gate) Union Street Merchants Circulate Petition Opposing Articulated Bus Service (KTVU) BART Directors, Oscar Grant’s Family Urge Legislators to Pass Civilian Oversight Bill (ABC7) ATU Members Set to Vote Today on Tentative BART Contract (BCN via ABC7) Work to … Continued
August 25, 2009
The Ghost Streets of San Francisco
Intrepid explorers of San Francisco regularly stumble upon the many ghost streets that still hide all over town, rewarding the patient pedestrian for their diligence. Mostly they are on hillsides where steep grades impeded road building at earlier moments in history, but they're still presented as if they were through-streets on the maps.
August 24, 2009
Coastal Cleanup- Community Clean Team District 10
"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."
August 24, 2009