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California Transit Association Recommends Long-Term Funding Ideas

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Flickr photo: pbo31 The California Transit Association has submitted a list of recommendations (PDF) to the Commission of the 21st Century Economy, a "bipartisan" panel mostly appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger, that call for establishing a "stable, predictable source of long-term funding" for the state’s public transit agencies. “The latest budget shell game only reinforced what […]

Ad Nauseam: What Are You Implying, Chase?

By Matthew Roth | Apr 16, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photo by Matthew Roth Welcome to town Chase. I’m super impressed you have been reading Streetsblog San Francisco and made an ad that reflects some of the knowledge you’ve acquired here. This is obviously a shout out to the car-free community. Might the admen understand the incredible cost savings of ditching the car for a […]

The World’s Best Music Videos Featuring Bicycles

By Matthew Roth | Mar 27, 2009 | 7 Comments

Dave Burdick yesterday offered up his choices for the Top 5 videos featuring a bicycle on the Huffington Post. While it’s nice to see the mainstream blogosphere types showing some love for two-wheelers, c’mon man! Robin Thicke bouncing around NYC on a crappy bike to "Disco Beethoven" is the world’s number one bike video?! I […]

Streetfilms: Making a Better Market Street

By Damien Newton | Mar 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

About a month and a half ago San Francisco Streetsblog opened its doors and any Angeleno who is interested has been able to take a closer look at the Livable Streets Movement in San Francisco. Thanks to Streetfilms, we can take a look at one of the signature issues for San Francisco: designing a new […]

A Very Astute Critique of Highways by an Editor of The Weekly Standard

By Matthew Roth | Mar 3, 2009 | 7 Comments

Eisenhower signing the 1956 Highway Act Far be it from us to take political sides on Livable Streets issues–you don’t have to be a donkey or an elephant to appreciate pedestrian safety, traffic calming, and quality public space–but why is it that two of the best columns connecting transportation policy reform, land use, and energy […]

Advocates Launch Effort to Restore State Transit Funding

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 20, 2009 | 9 Comments

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has told advocates he wants to help find a state transit funding solution. California transit advocates have begun organizing a strategy to move legislation through Sacramento that would dedicate a steady, long-term state revenue source for public transit and prevent future budget writers from raiding it. "We need to […]

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