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San Francycle: Your Bike to the Future
Date:
06/24/2011
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Get ready to dream along with the National Association of City Transportation Officials. Oh, sure, you may think that the fantasies of municipal infrastructure bureaucrats are boring. But allow us to shatter your misconceptions with just five words: Two-Stage Turn Queue Boxes. Try to remain calm. NACTO is a sort of national clearinghouse for transportation visionaries in major cities. While state agencies are united under a slow-moving dinosaur called the... [Read more...]

SF Gov InAction: 'Special Tax' Not To Be Paid By 'Special Taxpayers'
Date:
02/01/2010
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Fact: the members of the Board of Supervisors meet to talk about governing and such at least once a week. Really! Will this finally be the week that they accomplish something? Probably not, but we salute their undying optimism. Keep plugging away, noble supervisors! You'll get the hang of it one of these days. Highlights of this week's meetings: advice for felons, Strangelovian restrictions on smoking, and ending the inexplicable... [Read more...]