Month: July 2013

BART Unions Blast Negotiator (SFGate, SF Exam, KTVU, ABC); A Look at Rising Pension Costs (Merc) BART Displays Model Train Cars of the Future at MacArthur Station (CoCo Times, CBS) Chris Bucchere Pleads Guilty (SFGate) More on Plan Bay Area’s Passage From Jason Henderson (SFBG), Plus Discussion on KQED Forum An 11-Year-Old’s Take on Biking in San Francisco (HuffPo) Stanley … Continued

On Friday at about 5 p.m., I came across a crash scene on Polk Street at Pine. A bicycle rider had been struck by a driver and thrown into another car, and he was being hauled away in a stretcher. As it happened, I was pedaling up Polk to meet with Lisa Ratner, a videographer, to get some shots of the dangerous traffic conditions on the street (stay tuned for that video later this week).

The final plan for Polk Street will be presented at an open house, where you can give your feedback on the proposal, which calls for protected bike lanes on only 11 blocks in one direction. Also this week: Ask the SFMTA about the Muni Transit Effectiveness Project at a forum with the SF Transit Riders Union, … Continued

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It wasn't de-industrialization that bankrupted Detroit, wrote Paul Krugman in a New York Times column yesterday. If that was all there is to it, then how do you explain the fact that Pittsburgh, once so dependent on the steel industry, is now recovering? No, what brought Detroit to this low point, more than the loss of factory jobs, was decades of unsustainable development patterns.

From SVBC: Attend this 17th Healthy Communities Forum to explore how the health of our cities intersects economically, socially, and environmentally. Vu-Bang Nguyen will present Urban Habitat’s new report, “Moving Silicon Valley Forward,” which looks at the economic costs of people’s commutes and homes in the counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo. Nguyen will … Continued

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