1000 New Cyclists: Healthy Habits – Nutrition & Everyday Cycling
From EBBC:
Have a New Year’s resolution to eat well & get into shape this year? This workshop is for you. Advice, inspiration, and a community of others with the same goal.
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By Aaron Bialick |
Muni riders have just gotten some sweet new transit-only lanes to speed up their commutes. Red paint is on the ground for two new bus lanes: One at Lincoln Way and 19th Avenue, and another on the east end of Haight Street. A new left-turn lane, exclusively for Muni buses, went into operation this week […]
San Francisco May Get Its First Green Bike Lane on Fell Street
By Bryan Goebel |
Image: SFMTA San Francisco would get its first green bike lane under a new MTA proposal (PDF) to fix the troubled intersection of Divisadero and Fell streets near the entrance to the Arco station, where drivers queuing up to get gas obstruct the bike lane and block the sidewalk, creating hazardous conditions for people who […]
San Rafael Meets its New Train
By Roger Rudick |
In a previous post, Streetsblog got caught up on the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) project. A week later Marin County transit fans got a treat, with the arrival of the first Diesel Multiple Unit train at the new San Rafael station. The public got to board the train and have a look around. […]
A Call to Save Stockton Street
By Adam Greenfield |
Societies can rise or fall based on the quantity and quality of their public spaces. New decent public spaces are rare and precious is the day when there’s a chance of a new one. Does it matter if you live near that proposed space? No. Any new public space is a beacon to the world, […]
Brisbane Baylands Mega Development Plans for Mega Car Traffic
By Andrew Boone |
As the City of Brisbane agonizes over how little housing to include in a new mixed-use mega development to be built around a relocated Bayshore Caltrain Station, proposals to sink over $300 million into a new 12-lane Highway 101 interchange and an eight-lane extension of Geneva Avenue remain uncontroversial. If approved, 7 million square feet of new office and retail space will be […]
Car-Free Households Are Booming in San Francisco
By Aaron Bialick |
San Francisco is quickly adding residents, but very few cars. Between 2000 and 2012, the city has seen a net increase of 11,139 households, and 88 percent of them have been car-free. That’s according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by Michael Rhodes, a transportation planner at Nelson\Nygaard and a former Streetsblog reporter. One net result […]