February 2012
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at internship, people talking about san diego’s decades-old only auto-oriented policy, and the need for crosswalks and street improvements..
an image of a decaying san diego in the future flashes into my mind.
grey, crumbling, desolate..
america’s “finest city” no more.
everyone’s moved out because the city’s failed at caring for pedestrians and cyclists....
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Philippe Starck And Peugeot Create A Hybrid... →
The hybrid design makes a lot of sense, but we wonder if having a name-brand designer simply invites thievery.
Following the wild success of custom-designed public bicycles in Paris and Copenhagen, Bordeaux will be the latest metropolis to unveil its very own city bike, by French design dynamo Philippe Starck. A twist: It’s a bike and a scooter rolled into one.
fastcodesign, 21.02.12.
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Bike the Blvd! (san diego) this sat. 25.02.12! →
Bike the Boulevard returns Three miles, seven hours, lots of drinking and eating
That helix of wheels whirling and pausing on El Cajon Boulevard this Saturday? Well that’s Bike the Boulevard.
Billed as a chance for moderate drinking, responsible pedaling and eating (bring your night lights), all types of bikes participate in this support-a-single-street series (think cash mob meets taste of event...
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WatchThe Sendoff.
Team Rickshaw rides from the San Francisco Ferry Terminal to the Golden Gate bridge to sendoff our CEO Mark on his 500 mile ride from SF to LA. Mark’s back with his annual human powered challenge — riding his bicycle more than 500 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles in February to attend the annual TED conference in Long Beach. He has completed this ride four times in the...
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Awkward Moments In China’s Car Culture Frenzy →
In one such situation, a group of guys in their early twenties laughed when we were leaving a bar on our bicycles, and made a comment in Chinese which roughly translates to:
“haha, those foreigners have to rely on their bicycles to get to the bar”.
..the part that bothers me is the fact that people’s first instinct here when they see someone on a bicycle is to presume that they are too poor...
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You work 3.84 minutes per day to pay for your... →
James D. Schwartz of The Urban Country recently calculated that Americans work on average two hours out of every day to pay for their cars. Now he’s figured out that a bicycle costs only 3.84 minutes. And that’s being conservative, assuming you’ll drop $1,500 on a new commuter bike every five years, after which it will have zero value.
the urban country, 23.05.11. via grist.org, 15.02.12.
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SANDAG’s 2050 Transportation Plan Drawing More and... →
“As the first regional government in California to develop a land use plan under the State’s strict new climate change laws, SANDAG has a responsibility to set a path toward a sustainable future,” said Tony L. Hale, Chair of the Environmental Caucus of the California Democratic Party. “Instead, SANDAG’s plan calls for more of the same: sprawl, air pollution, and an increase in dangerous...
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“If corporations are people, and life begins at conception, does that make anyone...”
– Matthew M. 15.02.12.
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Some quick facts about meat consumption and the... →
Some quick facts about meat consumption and the environment:
18% of greenhouse gases are caused by livestock farming.
Transport only contributes to 13% of emissions.
Methane is 21 times more potent than CO2 emissions.
While a cow is eating it regurgitates often. Each time this occurs more methane is released.
A cow produces 8-10 thousand liters of milk will produce 5-700 liters of methane...
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5 Amazing Places in the US in Danger of Being... →
climateadaptation:
Nice little article that ends with what I dream every environmental writer would do, answer the question: “What do we do now?”…
alternet, 08.02.12.
keystone xl press conference, nebraska.
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Mayor Lee's vanishing bike lanes →
The mayor’s resolution to create better bike lanes was exciting — until he broke it
…With the public process complete and the calendar turning to nearly one year since Lee called for the MTA to “move quickly” to create separated bike lanes on Fell and Oak, the MTA handed down a jarring announcement. The Fell and Oak Bikeways were being delayed because the agency needed to...
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Occupy Movement gets a PAC →
The Occupy movement has decided to fight fire with fire.
Last week, John Paul Thornton of Decatur, Ala. filed to create a PAC for the Occupy Movement..
atl.cbs, 16.02.12.
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“More New Yorkers are killed every year by motor vehicles than are murdered by...”
– NYC Councilmember Vacca (via thegreenurbanist)
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Plaza de Panama project, meeting report-ish:...
Just came back from the Special Meeting.
I was so obviously the youngest person there.
There were two presentations on the project. One was a summary of the Draft EIR focussing mainly on Jacobs’ plan (the main plan), the other was on an alternative to slow car traffic.
I spoke up during the public comments period. All the 13 alternatives for this project default auto traffic as the main,...
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A real climate scandal? Deniers busted: INTERNAL... →
climateadaptation:
These internal documents from the climate denier machine will might facilitate much spilling-of-the-ink on enviro and lefty blogs, aggregators, and news outlets in the days to come. Climate advocates will be, of course, quite jubilant in their “I told you so” commentary. I suspect there will be lots of celebration that deniers are exposed for what they are — corporate funded...
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Little Italy Carnevale, sat. 18.02 (san diego) →
carnevale stilt walker, 2011 by todaniell.
“The Little Italy Association is proud to present the 9th Annual Little Italy Carnevale. This year the Little Italy Carnevale will be held on Saturday, February 18th from 5:00pm to 9:00pm on India Street between W. Fir and W. Cedar Streets with the main stage on W. Date Street. Last year, Carnevale drew over 12,000 attendees with people dressed in...
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Special Meeting re: the Plaza de Panama Project...
Cabrillo Bridge closed to auto traffic—and crowded with people—at Balboa Park’s December Nights, 03.12.2011.
The Uptown Community Planning group is holding a Special Meeting this Thursday, February 16th, 6-8pm at St. Paul’s Cathedral “Great Hall”, 2750 Fifth Ave. The important topic at hand is the Plaza de Panama project in Balboa Park—traffic circulation, parking structure project, and...
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Plans for bikeways in Oakland’s Chinatown receive... →
…Jennie Ong, the executive director of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, which represents the interests of Chinatown businesses, said she is opposed to a proposal that would add bikeways and possibly eliminate one lane of traffic on 8th and 9th streets from Harrison to Broadway. Increased bicycle traffic would contribute to the confusion on these high-density streets, she said,...
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Oakland—Alameda "Estuary Crossing Shuttle" →
In August 2011, with grant funding from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the City of Alameda launched a free shuttle service between Alameda and Laney College/Lake Merritt BART in Oakland. The shuttle seats 19 and has space for 12 bicycles, significantly increasing the bicycle-carrying capacity through the tube that has been provided by AC Transit’s Line 51 for many years. The...
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Cesar Chavez St. getting protected bike lanes!... →
Cesar Chavez East (Highway 280-101)
Learn more about the longer-term Cesar Chavez East Community Design Plan Open House. Join the Planning Department and many community groups on Wednesday February 22, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Galeria de la Raza (2857 24th Street). After numerous community meetings, interviews, and site visits, the city has produced a vision for connecting...
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Berkeley's Bicyclist Anti-Harassment Ordinance... →
On January 17th, the Berkeley City Council approved a Bicyclist Anti-Harassment Ordinance, joining the City of Los Angeles as the second city in the nation to provide specific civil recourse for harassed and assaulted bicyclists. This new ordinance becomes law on February 16, 2012.
Why is this ordinance needed?
It may be hard to fathom for those who rarely ride a bicycle, but there are drivers...
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Green Connections open house tonight (weds. 15.02)... →
Come out this evening for an open house introducing Green Connections: an exciting new project to make it easier to walk to parks and bring nature into the city.
Drop by and check out a bunch of cool maps, talk about what parks you like to go to, where you’d like to go more often, and how to improve your trip(s) to parks.
Want more trees? Less traffic? Better paths to the waterfront?
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San Diego cyclists! Bike ride this sat. 18.02 with... →
This election could be a game changer in how San Diego’s elections will be from this year onward. For too long, the bicycling demographic has simply been ignored. At this point in history we have a lot of catching up to do, and I believe we need a visionary leader to take us there. He’s not only a bicyclist, but an ironman triathelete also. What better fit, if you value quality of life in...
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Westbound Bay Bridge Into San Francisco To Be... →
The westbound deck of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be closed during Presidents’ Day weekend 2012. Construction of a slight detour near the toll plaza will require the upper deck heading into San Francisco to be closed from 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 to 5 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21. Eastbound traffic will have full access to the bridge during the closure.
Weather could delay the reopening of...
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“For all of those who say we can’t afford good inter and intra city rail...”
– comment by vanhatten on sfgate: Caltrain plan would fast-track electric rail, 13.02.12.
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Caltrain plan would fast-track electric rail →
Preliminary results of a Caltrain study show that an electrified railroad could accommodate two high-speed trains an hour — at 110 mph — without additional tracks
The overhaul of California’s high-speed rail project could bring the Bay Area $1 billion to electrify Caltrain and lay the path for bullet train service between San Francisco and San Jose sooner than anticipated.
The Chronicle...
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San Francisco’s experiencing a bike boom →
If it seems like there are more bikes about town — especially on Market Street — it’s not your imagination, or even your double vision.
The city’s annual citywide bike count for 2011, which was released Tuesday, found a 7 percent increase over 2010, and a whopping 71 percent increase over the last five years.
Bikes now carry 3.5 percent of city commuters — a significant increase since 2000...
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