Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about San Francisco

Why is There a Picnic in My Parking Spot?

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 21, 2007 | 13 Comments

Park(ing) in Park Slope, Brooklyn, May 6, 2006. The sign says, "Public space reclamation in progress." Today is International Park(ing) Day, the day when urban dwellers all around the world reclaim on-street parking spaces for purposes more creative and life-affirming than private motor vehicle storage. If you found a bunch of kids playing in an […]

Dude, Where’s My Bike Lane?

By Jason Varone | Sep 5, 2007 | 8 Comments

Here is another clever video from San Francisco; this one chronicles the case of the missing bike lane. I think it is safe to say that gas stations and bike lanes don’t mix.

Transit-Oriented America, Part 5: Wrap-Up

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 24, 2007 | 1 Comment

Thanks all for reading and commenting on our non-motorized honeymoon travel series (see parts 1, 2, 3 and 4). Below is a table Susan put together to briefly summarize some of our observations on the cities we visited. Transit Bike Accesibity Amtrak Station Street life and art Chicago Loop El made all connections we […]

Transit-Oriented America, Part 3: Three More Cities

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 22, 2007 | 30 Comments

Part 3 in a series on rail and transit-only travel across the United States focuses on the final three cities of our journey. Part 2 looked at the first three and Part 1 presented an overview of our travel. San Francisco Fully restored streetcars, cable cars, buses with and without pantographs, submerged and at-grade light rail, a […]

Transit-Oriented America, Part 1: Eight Thousand Miles

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 20, 2007 | 44 Comments

My wife and I were married last month in Brooklyn. For our honeymoon, we wanted to see as many great American cities as we could. In 19 days of travel, we visited Chicago, Seattle, Portland (Ore.), San Francisco, Los Angeles and New Orleans (and also stopped briefly in Cleveland, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Houston, Atlanta, Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia). How could two people as obsessed as […]

Bike Parking on Steroids

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 27, 2007 | 23 Comments

"Cyclists are so used to doing with scraps and they’ve been that way for so long that they are shocked when they get anything that satisfies their needs." Barry Bonds may almost have the home run record, but the San Francisco Giants have another milestone that is much more admirable: the first free, convienent, […]

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