Day: January 31, 2012
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Misguided Enforcement Precedes ThinkBike Improvements on the Wiggle
The Wiggle -- the growingly popular, mostly-flat bicycling route connecting SF's eastern and western neighborhoods -- should become more bike-friendly in the next year. After consulting with Dutch bicycle planners, the SFMTA is planning new upgrades to increase the safety and comfort of people walking and biking on the route, including "green-backed" sharrows, zebra-striped crosswalks, and bikeways on Fell and Oak Streets, which planners now say are coming next winter.
January 31, 2012
Senate Transit Bill Would Let Federal Funds Support Transit Service
All eyes are on the House side of Capitol Hill today in anticipation of the Republicans’ grand unveiling of their American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act at 3:00 p.m. But last night, some enduring questions about the Senate’s transportation bill finally got some answers. Senators Tim Johnson and Richard Shelby, respectively the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, released a summary of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012, providing a preliminary guide to how the Senate will treat transit [PDF].
January 31, 2012
LeBron James Bikes to Work “All the Time”
This Twitter photo of LeBron James biking to American Airlines Arena before facing off against Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls last night has gone viral on sports news sites all over America.
January 31, 2012
Even Some Republicans Don’t Like the House GOP’s Oil Drilling Plan
Remember how NRDC’s Deron Lovaas said the new transportation bill proposed by House Republicans is “a march of horribles“? Well, he wasn’t exaggerating.
January 31, 2012
Today’s Headlines
SFMTA Delays SFPark Expansion in Potero/Dogpatch for More Outreach (SFGate, Mission Local) Townsend Street Car Parking Ample With Meters in Place (SFGate) SFPD Stopping Cyclists Running Red Lights on Market (Uptown Almanac) Diagonal Parklet on Noriega Street is Full of Life (San Franciscoize) KALW Interviews SF Bike Coalition’s Leah Shahum (Transpo Nation) Pedestrian Killed in Oakland … Continued
January 31, 2012