Month: July 2013
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Turning Gas Pumps and Asphalt Into Soil and Shade Trees
Anyone who takes an abandoned gas station and converts it into a neighborhood business is a hero in our book.
July 23, 2013
Today’s Headlines
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
July 23, 2013
Cyclist Injured on Polk Street Block Where Merchants Fought Protected Lane
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).
July 22, 2013
This Week: Polk Open House, Sunday Streets in the Mission
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
July 22, 2013
How Sprawl Got Detroit Into This Mess
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.
July 22, 2013
Moving Silicon Valley Forward: The Cost of Inequitable Development
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
July 22, 2013
SF BOS Land Use and Economic Development Committee: Hearings on Muni and Parklet Expansions
Agenda [PDF]
July 22, 2013