Matthew Roth

The newest repurposing of street space in San Francisco, the Mission Community Market (MCM), will formally launch today with its first weekly market and street closure on Bartlett Street between 22nd and 21st Streets from 4-8 pm. After holding a successful fundraiser in June, the MCM's organizers are hopeful the event has already gained a foothold in the community and will continue to improve and draw new participants.

Listen to this In-Depth Crosscurrents Report on High Speed Rail (KALW) Newsom Conducts 5th Doyle Drive/Presidio Parkway Groundbreaking (SF Gate, Marin IJ, Examiner) Target Could Come to Geary and Masonic and to Metreon (Examiner, ABC) CPMC Long-Range Development Plans Released (SocketSite) More on BART Vote for Fare Reduction Riders Don’t Want (CoCo Times) AC Transit … Continued

As if the Campaign to Stop the Dirty Energy Proposition weren't already on the right side of history, now they've got Edward James Olmos stumping to defeat Proposition 23 and uphold AB 32, California's ground-breaking greenhouse gas legislation. I think ever since Stand and Deliver, if Edward James Olmos told me to do something, I wouldn't hesitate to trust his authority.

The Board of Supervisors, acting as directors of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA), voted 8-3 yesterday to put a $10 vehicle registration fee increase on the November ballot, a measure that would raise $5 million yearly for congestion mitigation, street and road resurfacing, pedestrian safety and improved transit.

SF Has Budget Deal, SFMTA Appts and Parking Tax Votes Delayed (SF Gate, Examiner, SF Weekly) More on BART Riders’ Cool Reception to Fare Rollback Plan (SF Gate) AC Transit Labor Struggle Continues (Examiner, SF Gate, CBS, CoCo Times) SF Vehicle License Fee Measure Makes Ballot for November (Examiner, SF Gate) D8 Supervisor Candidate Scott … Continued

While the full results of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority's (SFCTA) congestion pricing plan, the SF Mobility, Access, and Pricing Study (SFMAPS), have not yet been released, the agency will hold a series of public meetings starting next week to discuss the general principles of congestion pricing and how it could work in San Francisco. At the public meetings, the SFCTA will detail several possible scenarios to charge drivers for driving into San Francisco's downtown during peak periods, a prospect that should spark significant public and media debate.

BART’s original logo, care of the ever resourceful research of Eric Fischer. More than 75 Percent of BART Riders Opposed to Fare Rollback Plan (Examiner, SF Appeal) Hundreds of AC Transit Operators Call in Sick as Part of Protest (CoCo Times, ABC, CBS) John King’s Musings on the Street-Level Urban Transformation in San Francisco (SF … Continued

Starting last week along Tiffany Street near 29th Street, contractors started cutting up sidewalks, jackhammering them and taking the crumbled pieces of concrete away in trucks. By the end of the week, what looked like an ugly construction zone began to get the personal touch of residents hoeing and digging in the dirt underneath the concrete, preparing it for a block party planting day this last Saturday, when the street was closed to cars and neighbors came together to work and throw a street party.

AC Transit Ordered into Arbitration with Union, Buses Still Running (CBS, SF Gate) It Was a Bad Weekend for Cyclists and Peds (CBS, CBS, Merc, ABC) Traffic Changes and Homeless Concerns at Transbay Terminal Site (SF Gate, SF Gate) Van Ness Auto Row Buildings Could Get Historic Status (Examiner) Alioto-Pier Wants SFPD Background Checks for … Continued

The same neighborhood organizations and community advocates that routinely lobby to prevent the San Francisco Planning Department from granting parking exceptions in excess of progressive neighborhood plans were thrilled with a new project to build a 3-story building in the heart of Hayes Valley, the future home of SF Jazz, a non-profit arts organization. The primary reason the neighbors were so excited was because the project sponsors are building an 800-seat auditorium, with office and rehearsal space, but they aren't adding a single new parking space.