Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Neighborhoods

What if we applied the Transit Ambassadors model to create safe, orderly public spaces?

By John Greenfield | Apr 18, 2023 | No Comments

This could be a cost-effective way to promote public safety, help at-risk individuals, create jobs, and improve downtown's reputation as a safe, fun place to spend time.

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Are online retail and COVID to blame for declining sales? Nah, it’s gotta be the bike lanes

By John Greenfield | Mar 27, 2023 | No Comments

Chicago magazine's Ted McClelland ran a piece looking at the issue of business owners scapegoating bike lanes for poor sales.

New Freeway Revolt Grips Guadalajara

By Chris Carlsson | Dec 6, 2010 | 13 Comments

While the world has gathered in Cancun, Mexico, to discuss again a shared approach to Climate Chaos, action is already being taken in countless communities. On a visit last week to Guadalajara, Mexico, more than a thousand miles west of the Climate Meeting, I had the pleasure of discovering a vibrant grassroots movement to block […]

Bay Area Cities Rediscover the Creeks Under Their Streets

By Matt Baume | Apr 9, 2010 | 11 Comments

One of the proposed designs for Center Street in Berkeley, by Ecocity Builders (Editor’s note: This is Part 1 in a 3-part series on the Bay Area watershed) The proposal to convert Center Street in Berkeley from an asphalt thoroughfare to a park-like promenade — revealing a long-hidden underground creek — is the latest twist […]

Hairball Study Coughs Up Ideas, Memories

By Fran Taylor | Feb 19, 2010 | 20 Comments

Click to enlarge. Bird’s-eye view of the hairball shows how much real estate it takes up and how it creates a daunting barrier between neighborhoods. Photo: mike.teczno.com. “You can’t get there from here” is a joke phrase, but trying to travel through the Highway 101 freeway maze at Cesar Chavez/Potrero/Bayshore is no laughing matter. Four […]

Layoffs Hit Street Cleaning, Gardening Crews at DPW

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 11, 2009 | 4 Comments

DPW landscaping crews who’ve been working on the Pavement to Parks plazas are among those being cut. Flickr photo: Jamison San Franciscans are likely to see slower response times to street cleaning requests and a reduction in landscaping and tree maintenance in their neighborhoods following a number of layoffs announced this week at the Department […]

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