Day: August 15, 2011
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The Tenderloin Finally Gets a Taste of Car-Free Sunday Streets
Mary San George was sitting outside her neighborhood flower store yesterday, facing the historic residential high-rise building on O'Farrell Street where she has lived for 27 years, and marveling at something she very rarely gets to experience in her Tenderloin neighborhood: a street full of people instead of cars.
August 15, 2011
Sure, Leave Gas Tax Collection to Liberal Tax-and-Spend States Like Georgia
One nay-sayer argument against greater federal spending for transportation goes like this: “Too many faceless bureaucrats in Washington have too much control over how states spend their money. Let states raise their own revenues and spend them as they wish.”
August 15, 2011
Civil Rights Group Demands End to Car-Centric Transportation Policies
“This is the civil rights dilemma: Our laws purport to level the playing field, but our transportation choices have effectively barred millions of people from accessing it.”
August 15, 2011
This Week in Livable Streets Events
This week, learn about sustainable planning on the West Coast, help design a safer Broadway through Chinatown and a separated bikeway on JFK Drive, and learn the best ways to stay safe cycling. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday: SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Picturing West Coast Density. Join architects Eric Naslund, Mike Corl, and Roger Gula for a … Continued
August 15, 2011
Transit By Referendum: A New Way Forward for Atlanta and Seattle?
Atlanta and Seattle find themselves at a transit crossroads. Where at one time they might have looked to Washington to fund transit expansion, these two cities are now asking voters to reach into their own pockets.
August 15, 2011