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Paradise LOSt (Part I): How Long Will the City Keep Us Stuck in Our Cars?
Editor's note: Today we begin Part I of our occasional series on LOS reform. Traffic engineers are reluctant to give exclusive lanes to buses (or bikes) for fear of the impact on cars The...
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A Livable Street in the Making: 17th Street Ped Plaza Nearly Complete
DPW worker painting around an unused track in the plaza. Bollards in the background on the right and left will be filled with gravel and soil and will have plants growing out of them. Photo: Matthew...
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Only 17 Percent Drive to Downtown SF to Shop, Study Finds
There's gold in them thar shoes. Flickr photo: Billy QuachThe San Francisco County Transportation Authority (TA) has released a survey of nearly 1400 shoppers in downtown San Francisco that found less...
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Food Bad, Lawns Good? Berkeley Bureaucrats Target Transition Activist
Asa Dodsworth's Home on Acton at Allston Way in Berkeley. I got an email forwarded to me over the weekend titled "BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA HATES URBAN GARDENS" which naturally sparked my interest. Turns...
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Making 18th Street More Bike, Pedestrian and Commerce Friendly
Flickr photo: tacopoet99The crowded sidewalks on 18th Street between Dolores and Guerrero in the Mission are usually packed with foodies inching their way into renowned eateries like Tartine Bakery...
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Layoffs Hit Street Cleaning, Gardening Crews at DPW
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...
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Hairball Study Coughs Up Ideas, Memories
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...
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Bay Area Cities Rediscover the Creeks Under Their Streets
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...
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New Freeway Revolt Grips Guadalajara
Definitely No to the Freeway! (La Via Express) While the world has gathered in Cancun, Mexico, to discuss again a shared approach to Climate Chaos, action is already being taken in countless...
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