Posts tagged San Francisco
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Dinner links: Up is down and it’s all in your head
Neighbors appeal for LESS parking? Can you believe it could ever happen? It’s not in DC, but San Francisco, where the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association appealed a recent Planning Board decision allowing a project with 27 spaces for 36 units. Zoning only allows 18 units (one per two units), but the Planning Board can grant an exception. When they did, the neighborhood association… Keep reading…
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Gotta cut bus service? Let’s combine and simplify routes
Metro officials say they will need to cut $87 million worth of service to close their budget gap for the next year. Some of that is certain to come from Metrobus service. We could simply cut service, making many routes even more inconvenient than they are today. Or, we could rework and simplify the bus network. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: While you were festivating
MoCo’s trail advocate face-off: Marc Fisher profiles the arguments on both sides of the Purple Line debate from advocates who love the Capital Crescent Trail. Some want to keep transit away from the trail’s vicinity, while others believe we can and should have both. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: bikes, bikinis and boorish modernists
First bike sharing, now tricycle sharing: No, it’s not a program to teach kindergarteners to share their toys. A San Francisco bike shop launched a trike-sharing program for adult-size tricycles, which can carry a lot more cargo than bikes. North Beach residents are using them for errands like trips to the local Trader Joe’s. Tip: Ben T. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: tastes great, less filling
Please enroll in transportation economics 101: UMD’s Residence Hall Association Keep reading…
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Summer Streets: Next year in Washington?
I was just in Savannah over Labor Day weekend. Savannah has great parks—in addition to its great squares, its central Forsyth Park combines formal fountains, children’s playgrounds, and wooded glades for relaxation and recreation (we saw a group playing Blind Man’s Bluff as we walked by). Keep reading…
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Transportation across the nation: Hot chicks edition
“Hot chicks” the canaries in the BRT coal mine: We’ll know if Minneapolis’ BRT is a success if it draws “attractive young females,” claims one project consultant. I’d guess it’s really about the young and the female, and talking about looks generates articles and mentions on blogs but really has less to do with it. (Minneapolis… Keep reading…
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Golden Gate congestion pricing out, performance parking in
After New York rejected congestion pricing Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Envision the future edition
EveryBlock launches in DC: You can now get a feed of publicly-accessible information (like crime reports, requests for service from DDOT, DPW, etc., new real estate listings, and more) around any address. Keep reading…
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The San Francisco way: curb cuts
San Francisco’s streets are filled with curb cuts for individual houses, sometimes to an absurd level. Each curb cut takes away a parking space (or, in the best case, about two-thirds of one) to create one off-street space, and along the way makes the street and the houses less inviting, less walkable, and less attractive. Here are some more examples:… Keep reading…