Recent Streetsblog USA posts about San Francisco

“Closing” Lombard Street: The Language of Taking Cars For Granted

By Aaron Bialick | May 28, 2014 | No Comments

A peculiar thing tends to happen when we talk about streets and transportation: We don’t talk about cars. Seriously — listen to conversations, read news headlines, and you’ll start to notice that even when cars are the main subject, people will, consciously or unconsciously, fail to explicitly mention them. This phenomenon was particularly apparent to […]

Parking Madness: Portland vs. El Cerrito, California

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 27, 2014 | 62 Comments

The contenders in today’s Parking Madness competition prove parking craters can happen anywhere, even in progressive metro areas where the regional economy is booming and transit is a solid travel option. This face-off to get one step closer to the Golden Crater pits Portland, Oregon, against El Cerrito, California. First let’s take a look at […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Hug This Streetcar

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 20, 2014 | 17 Comments

Jeff Wood of the Overhead Wire (now working with NRDC’s crack transportation team) and I talk to Randy Simes in this week’s podcast about the streetcar movement in Cincinnati — and how they finally grabbed the long-elusive gold ring. Then Randy stayed with us to discuss the false choice between transit that’s useful and transit […]

Four Reasons Cities Can’t Afford Not to Invest in Bike Infrastructure

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 16, 2014 | 10 Comments

It isn’t window dressing. Or a “hip cities” thing. Bike infrastructure — not the watered-down stuff, but high-quality bikeways that get more people on bikes — is becoming a must-have for cities around the U.S. That’s according to a new report from Bikes Belong and the Alliance for Biking and Walking. Researchers at these groups […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Get Off My Lawn

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 12, 2013 | 3 Comments

Jeff Wood and I talk about the news of the week that most tickled us or burned us — the BBC’s exposé of anti-social urban design features intended to repel people, San Francisco’s social tensions over the Google bus, and the decision by Cincinnati’s new mayor and City Council to “pause” construction of the streetcar. […]

In California Cities, Drivers Want More Bike Lanes. Here’s Why.

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 13, 2013 | 73 Comments

Whenever street space is allocated for bicycling, someone will inevitably level the accusation that the city is waging a “war on cars.” But it turns out the people in those cars want separate space for bicycles too, according to surveys conducted in two major California metropolitan areas. Bike lanes make everyone feel safer — even […]

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