Transportation

SF turns to crowdsourcing for future bikeshare stations

Isabel Angell — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:38:01 +0000

Bike sharing is coming to San Francisco and Silicon Valley this August. It’s being launched on a small scale at first – just 750 bikes in the whole system.

Commentary: To join car culture or not?

Avi Hoen — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:39 +0000

San Francisco is an environmentally conscious city, so it would make sense that many who live in and around it struggle with issues like how to get around.

Avi Hoen sure is. He’s a high school student at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco. He’s about to turn 16 and has a hand-me-down car, but he isn’t sure he needs it.

Radical Idea: Greening The Wiggle

Morgan Fitzgibbons — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:50:02 +0000

The Wiggle is a San Francisco bike route that zig-zags through the Lower Haight, Alamo Square, and Duboce Park. Activists and community groups have been trying to improve the corridor for years. Their work has led to more "sharrows," green painted bike lanes, on the pavement and most recently an $80-million greening project proposal for The Wiggle Corridor. The plans being considered by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the Municipal Transit Agency include rain gardens that capture storm water, permeable paving and improved bike lane safety measures. That's a good start to Wigg Party founder Morgan Fitzgibbons. In his ideal world, the city would go a lot further -- as we hear in this Radical Idea from the Crosscurrents archives.

BART labor negotiations stall, state mediator to step in next week

Isabel Angell — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:46:31 +0000

BART has asked a state mediator to step in and help the stalled labor talks between the Bay Area transit agency and its five unions. The mediator, which unions have welcomed as well, is scheduled to start next week.

Extended interview: Chronicle's Jaxon Vanderbeken on the Bay Bridge controversies

Ben Trefny — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:15:00 +0000

The Eastern span of the Bay Bridge is the region’s biggest-budget project. Plans for the seismically strong segment were first developed in 2002. It’s been more than a decade and the single suspension structure has cost more than $6 billion, which makes it overdue and over budget.

Recent issues involving snapping rods and improperly galvanized bolts may delay the long-awaited Labor Day opening.