Month: March 2013
Top Categories
Bike Summit: With a Seat at the Table, Cyclists Need to Master the Etiquette
When you talk to policy-makers, do you complain about how bicyclists lost out in the last transportation reauthorization and demand that cycling get its “fair share” of funding? Do you tell them that more and more people are riding bikes, and maybe they ought to try it too?
March 6, 2013
AAA Releases Bike Safety PSA at Bike Summit
Why would a representative from AAA be the keynote speaker at the National Bike Summit?
March 6, 2013
How to Turn a Public Parking Space Into a Private Storage Locker, Legally
Given the extent to which we subsidize car parking in the United States -- take a public asset and essentially turn it into an under-priced, private commodity -- it's surprising we don't see the system abused more often.
March 6, 2013
Supes Find Compromise in West SoMa Plan’s Housing/Transit Tussle
City supervisors have reached a compromise on a contentious measure in the zoning plan for the western South of Market District that would have diverted some developer impact fees away from transit and street improvements to fund affordable housing.
March 5, 2013
As Bike-Share Pilot Lurches Along, Supe Wiener Calls for Full-Scale Launch
While San Franciscans eagerly await the repeatedly-delayed launch of the Bay Area's small-scale bike-share pilot program, which has now been downsized to a minuscule 700 bikes (350 of them in SF), Supervisor Scott Wiener says San Francisco needs to take the initiative to move ahead and launch a "full-scale system" throughout the city by next year.
March 5, 2013
Seeking Submissions: The Worst Parking Crater in an American Downtown
Alright, Streetsblog readers. Send us your best shots.
March 5, 2013
LaHood Announces Safety Summits to Help Shape New Bikeway Standards
In 2010, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood mounted a table at the National Bike Summit and proclaimed, "I’ve been all over America, and…people want alternatives. They want out of their cars, they want out of congestion, they want to live in… livable communities." He added, to thunderous applause, "You've got a partner in Ray LaHood."
March 5, 2013
Nevada, Miami, and St. Louis Take Steps Backward on Pedestrian Policy
From around the Streetsblog Network today, here are a few developments affecting the walking environment in cities from Miami to Las Vegas. The news, unfortunately, is mostly bad.
March 5, 2013