Recent Streetsblog USA posts about San Francisco

Visionary Transpo Bureaucrats, Part 4: Jay Primus and Rina Cutler

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 19, 2012 | 11 Comments

This is the fourth part in Streetsblog’s series profiling 11 officials who are bringing American cities and towns into the 21st century when it comes to transportation and planning policy. Read the earlier profiles in part one, part two, and part three. Jay Primus Manager, SFMTA’s SFPark program In your average city, parking policy is pretty rigid: […]

Bikes Belong Selects Six Cities to Fast Track Protected Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 4, 2012 | 19 Comments

The Bikes Belong Foundation has chosen six cities to fast track physically protected bikeway designs that make cycling safer and more accessible to a wide range of people. Austin, Chicago, Memphis, Portland, San Francisco and Washington D.C. will receive a leg up from Bikes Belong’s new “Green Lane Project.” The two-year, intensive technical assistance program […]

Can Transit-Oriented Development Lift All Boats?

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 25, 2011 | 3 Comments

Streetsblog San Francisco reported earlier this week that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission has made a $10 million funding commitment to a mixed-use affordable housing project in the Tenderloin neighborhood, a convenient two-block walk from the nearest Muni stop: The development at 168 Eddy Street would provide 153 new apartments reserved for low-income families and space […]

NRDC Names 15 Smarter Cities

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 24, 2011 | No Comments

How long do you have to wait for a bus in your city? How much does it cost? Does every family on your block have two cars? And tell us about your bikeshare program… The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been asking questions like these to determine their list of 15 Smarter Cities – […]

How Hard Will the Senate Fight Back Against House Spending Cuts?

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 22, 2011 | 4 Comments

Members of Congress worked all day Friday, until 4:42 Saturday morning, to finish voting on hundreds of amendments and, finally, the final HR 1 bill to set spending levels for the rest of 2011. In the end, the budget bill they passed included 400 amendments and cuts $61 billion out of everything from Planned Parenthood […]

How the Information Age Can Make Streets and Transit More Efficient

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 7, 2010 | 9 Comments

In Pittsburgh, elderly para-transit riders get automated phone calls with the precise arrival time of their vehicle. Bus priority lanes and preferential traffic signals in the Twin Cities are improving on-time service. Here in Washington, DC, stored value on SmartTrip cards pays for Metro parking, train and bus, and it can sync with pre-tax employee […]

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