Day: June 29, 2010
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High Speed Rail Authority Addresses Alignment Concerns in SF
Peninsula communities have made all the news with their public outcry against the alignment of the California High Speed Rail train, but today some San Franciscans got into the mix. Now that details have emerged about a possible alignment choice through the eastern portion of Potrero, some community members aren't so thrilled with the prospect.
June 29, 2010
Detroit: The Return of the Repressed (Bicycling Culture)
Visiting the ghostly motor city these days is an eye-opening and surprisingly inspiring experience. The city has fallen from more than 2 million residents a generation ago to around 800,000 today. A great deal of the land area where homes and factories once filled the blocks are now expansive vacant lots, masquerading as greenways in this wet June, filled with grasses and wildflowers. Some of these vacant lots have been converted into urban farms, but the larger majority is simply empty, reverting to some version of nature. Wild pheasants skitter across the vacant lots while songbirds, from bright red cardinals to brilliant yellow finches, fill the trees and bushes with their cheerful sounds.
June 29, 2010
Chicago Takes Tentative First Step Toward Bike-Sharing
Public bike-sharing is coming to yet another
American city.
June 29, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Mercury News Laments All the Tolls and Fees Drivers are Being “Hit” With Guardian UK: “Bus Cuts Drive Americans Back to Cars” SamTrans Paratransit Fares Set to Rise This Week (Merc) West Portal Muni Metro Crash Proving Costly for the City (SF Examiner) Two Injured in Crash Involving the 31-Balboa in the Richmond District (BCN … Continued
June 29, 2010