Streetsblog San Francisco

Rain is in the forecast for Thursday, but so is fun, so don't let the wet stuff spoil your plans to attend our first birthday bash!  Join us from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the LGBT Center at 1800 Market Street for our Streetsblog SF Anniversary Party and Fundraiser.  We'll provide the music, food and drinks, you provide your wit and cheer. Valet bicycle parking will be provided by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Music by B-Haul (Tasty). And food provided, in part, by a generous donation from Nico Martin Presents.

Streetsblog San Francisco turned a year old this month, and to celebrate our successes, and look ahead to 2010, we're throwing a party! Join us January 21st from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the LGBT Center at 1800 Market Street for a Streetsblog SF Anniversary Party and Fundraiser.  We'll provide the music, food and drinks, you provide your wit and cheer.

Streetsblog San Francisco turned a year old this month, and to celebrate our successes, and look ahead to 2010, we're throwing a party! Join us January 21st from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the LGBT Center at 1800 Market Street for a Streetsblog SF Anniversary Party and Fundraiser.  We'll provide the music, food and drinks, you provide your wit and cheer. Valet bicycle parking will be provided by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Music by B-Haul (Tasty). And food provided, in part, by a generous donation from Nico Martin Presents.

The Streetsblog San Francisco crew is taking Christmas and New Year's off, and we'll be back in 2010 ready and charged to provide some hard-hitting livable streets coverage. We'll also be celebrating our one-year anniversary. That's right, Streetsblog is about to turn a year old. Can you believe it? 

When Streetsblog San Francisco launched in January 2009 our primary goal was to create a voice for livable streets issues in a media environment that largely ignored those who promoted livable cities, environmental care, and sensible transportation alternatives to the automobile. Combining the role of advocate and journalist, we set out to help frame the narrative on sustainable transportation issues and you have helped us surpass our own expectations. Now, as we look ahead, we're going to need your help to make us a more powerful force for livable streets in the Bay Area and beyond.

When Streetsblog San Francisco launched last January with a staff of two -- reporter Matthew Roth and me -- we quickly realized that to adequately cover San Francisco's livable streets movement we'd eventually need more full-time reporters. Considering the often difficult time we have getting the MTA to cooperate with our requests, it became crystal clear that the only way we can really cover Muni is to have a full-time Muni reporter. That time has come.

We're very happy to announce that all you brilliant and dedicated Streetsblog readers can now take your favorite blog with you almost anywhere, even when your service is a bit dodgier than you'd prefer.  Introducing the beta Streetsblog Mobile for your handheld, a stripped down version of the blog for your phone's browser, one we hope facilitates reading while you're on BART or in that droning client meeting and you just have to keep up on that comment thread about personal rapid transit.