Posts Tagged ‘foot’
Monday, September 24th, 2012
Well, today’s the start of San Francisco Critical Mass Week 2012.
Michael Krasny of KQED Forum will kick things off with a one-hour show on the history of Critical Mass.
And then festivities will end, of course, this Friday with the big 20th Anniversary Ride the evening of September 28th, 2012. (Not that you’d know it from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition website’s ”Chain of Events” section, where all info about CM* is now censored.)
Suddenly surrounded by bicycles:
All the deets:
“It started with a bike ride in San Francisco on Sept. 25, 1992. About 50 people cycled in a pack along Market Street, hoping to earn some respect from drivers who sometimes ignored them or edged them off the road. They called it the “Commute Clot.” Today it’s known as Critical Mass, a movement that’s spread worldwide. Supporters say it promotes cycling and the rights of bicyclists. But critics say it is illegal, clogs traffic and antagonizes drivers. We talk about Critical Mass’ 20th anniversary, and its effects on the city.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
Chris Carlsson, co-founder of Critical Mass who was part of the first ride on Sept. 25, 1992, and has since participated in Critical Mass rides in Milan, Vancouver and Porto Alegre, Brazil
Hugh D’Andrade, founder of SFCriticalMass.org
Rob Anderson, blogger on transportation issues and author of the blog District 5 Diary“
Tune in at 10:00 on your radio or on your device, Listen Live.
*The SFBC raises money through fees but it also gets mucho dinero directly from SFGov. So that’s why it endorsed Ed Lee for Mayor even though SFBC’s members generally did not and still do not like Ed Lee. Similarly, Chrstina Olague, Mayor Ed Lee’s hand-picked recruit for District 5 Supervisor, gets endorsed over Julian Davis even though SFBC members actually favor JD. The SFBC is basically a quasi-government agency now, so it’s very afraid of seeming to say something negative about certain members of the City Family. It’s also afraid of hurting the chances of its officers someday getting jobs / health care directly with SFGov / SFMTA. Anyway, that’s why the SFBC is basically a SFGov kiss-ass these days. It will lobby San Francisco government, certainly, but that’s about as far as it wants to go. (Think about it – who would the SFMTA endorse for Mayor?)
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Thursday, June 7th, 2012
San Francisco’s “Strong Mayor System” plus the SFMTA = the San Francisco’s worst government agency, one unresponsive to the Commonweal.
Zusha Elinson explicates.
Another part-timer goes full time - Training Day in the Birmingham Electric this week:
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Oh, what’s that MUNI, you’re actually perfect and your approach to everything is and always has been perfect and Mayor Ed Lee is a Golden God and everything will get better once you get just a little (or a lot) more money?
OK fine, whatever you say, SFMTA.
Tags: 2012, agency, bay area, bay citizen, Birmingham Electric, bus, california, colors, cream, day, driver, electric, ferry building, fix muni now, FIX MUNI SOMETIME LATER, foot, green, market, mta, Muni, red, rogue, Rogue Agency, San Francisco, SFMTA, street, streetcar, training, traning, Zusha Elinson
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Cause, you know, a bunch of people playing chess on folding chairs on the sidewalks of Fifth and Market, well, that didn’t do you any good at all, did it, former Mayor Gavin Newsom?
This is the current iteration, as seen these days betwixt 6th and 7th on Market:
Not as big a scene, oh well.
But what’s this? Unlicensed open-air chess-playing in Lower Market? Yes, in Justin Herman Plaza right at Market and Stuart:
Will somebody call 911 on these guys?
Yes, eventually…
Tags: 1000 block, 2012, bay area, california, chess, foot, former, gavin newsom, Justin Herman Plaza, market, Mayor, mid market, San Francisco, SFPD, street, street chess, tenderloin, twitterloin
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
From The Stark Insider (“All things West Coast”) comes news of a 12-foot tall, 10-foot wide Santa Yoda made out of LEGO bricks. It will go up in Union Square starting Friday, November 18th,* 2011.
Get the deets at LEGOSantaYoda.Com. (No, I’m not joking, I’m srsly.)
Click on me you will. Expanding I am.
All the deets:
“LEGO Master Builders Construct 12-foot Tall by 10-foot Wide Santa Yoda out of LEGO bricks
WHAT: Inspired by the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, this three-day community build where families help LEGO Master Builders to create a 12-foot tall by 10-foot wide LEGO Star Wars™ Santa Yoda made entirely of LEGO bricks to kick-off a countdown to the holidays found at www.LEGOSantaYoda.com. Building event supports the local Bay Area Boys & Girls Club, and consumer engagement via the web site donates LEGO toys to the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program.
WHEN: Friday, November 18th to Sunday, November 20th 10am-6pm daily (or until completed)
WHERE: Union Square (next to the Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square), San Francisco”
(This would seem to be a more honest way of promoting LEGO than lying about a viral video ala the LEGO Indiana Jones game people.)
See you there!
*You know, it seems like Santa Yoda goes up earlier each year…
Tags: 12-foot, 2011, Advent Calendar, All things West Coast, bay area, bricks, build, Builders, california, claus, families, feet, foot, geary, ICE, Ice Rink, lego, LEGO Star Wars, master, post, Powell, program, rink, San Francisco, santa, Santa Yoda, skate, skating, star wars, Stark Insider, stockton, street, tall, Toys for Tots, U.S. Marine Corps, union square, wide, yoda, Yoda santa
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
Maybe:
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I can recall getting all lost in the supermarket or department store, but flying solo on the mean Streets of San Francisco at this young age, well, that’s that’s adventurous…
Tags: 2011, bay area, boy, california, car, child, cop, cops, department, dept., foot, lost, market, police, San Francisco, SFPD, street
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
The next best thing to foot binding?*
I mean, how can you roundhouse the typical Union Square/Twitterloin mugger/iPhone** thief with these things on?
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Clip clop clip clop…
Haven’t we been bound too long?
*”The ideal length for a bound foot was seven and a half centimetres” – that’s Wiki-talk for less than three inches, girlfriend.
**First the felonious MUNI riders came for the iPhone owners and I didn’t speak out, for I had the Android…
Tags: 2011, Android, bay area, binding, bound, california, Cruel Shoes, fashion, feet, foot, foot binding, heels, High, iphone, Muni, platform, San Francisco, shoes, shopping, twitterloin, union square, wood
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The poorly-designed intersection of Grove and Hyde, where traffic sometimes backs up to City Hall, sent the driver of this Land Rover Discovery over the edge.
See? He’s driving the wrong way. He felt that the drivers ahead of him weren’t being aggressive enough moving past the stop sign:
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Oh well. (It’s true that the drivers ahead of him could have paid more attention, I s’pose.) The driver shaved about five minutes off of his trip so I guess that’s a small victory for him.
Anyway, the way to avoid this mess is to cut through the Great Parking Lot of Fulton (minding the peds, of course, the worst in the world hang out around here) to get on Hyde easily. Otherwise, you’ll be in this mess on Grove for ten minutes or whatever.
Happy driving!
Tags: 2011, 8th, bay area, california, cars, civic center, congestion, cyclists, disco, discovery, dpw, foot, grove, hyde, inbound, land rover, light, market, San Francisco, signal, soma, street, traffic, trafic
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Thursday, September 1st, 2011
See?
Via Deanna Wardin – click to expand
Deanna’s the same artist who did the famous parrot tattoo not too long ago.
Anyway, the foot tattoo reminds me of this:
Apply some Ben-Day dots and then you’ll be just like blogging renaissance woman TashaMarie:
Tattoos! Hurray!
Tags: 2011, 528 Green, bay area, ben day, ben day dots, benday, blonde, california, Cartoon, cosmetics, costume, Deanna Wardin, dithering, dots, foot, green, halftone, halloween, left, Lichtenstein, newspaper, north beach, parlour, party, roy, Roy Lichtenstein, San Francisco, soiree, street, tashamarie, tattoo, tattoo boogaloo
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Friday, August 5th, 2011
Oh boy, the SFPD is going to bring it to 5th and Market come Monday.
Officers from Southern Station:
“…will initiate enforcement operations during the week of August 8, 2011. Enforcement will be conducted at the intersection of 5th Street and Market Street and will involve officers in cars, on motorcycles and on foot. The Police Department and SoCPAB plan to expand this traffic safety campaign to other parts of the Southern District in future weeks.”
They’re going to be all over the place!
Sorry, “Red Bull Street Team Girls” of Market Street, the Boys in Blue from Southern Station won’t have as much time for you starting next week:
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All the deets:
San Francisco Police Partner with Community for Pedestrian Safety
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Posted Date: 8/5/2011 12:00 PM
San Francisco Police Officers will partner with members of the Southern Station Community Police Advisory Board (SoCPAB) to improve pedestrian safety in the Southern Police District.
On Saturday, August 6, 2011 from 9:00 am to 12 noon, members of the SoCPAB will be at the intersection of 5th Street and Market Street to share their “be-city-smart” message and increase pedestrian awareness at this location. Members of SoCPAB will hand out fliers in an effort to educate the public on traffic safety.
Captain Charlie Orkes, Commanding Officer of Southern Station stated, “In a city named most walkable in the country (www.walkscore.com), it is unacceptable that our Southern District has the highest incidents of traffic related injuries and fatalities.”
SoCPAB Co-Chair and Community Leader echoed that, “If our joint effort between SFPD and residents saves just one life of those walking, riding or driving, it will be a success.”
Following Saturday’s educational campaign, the Police Department will initiate enforcement operations during the week of August 8, 2011. Enforcement will be conducted at the intersection of 5th Street and Market Street and will involve officers in cars, on motorcycles and on foot. The Police Department and SoCPAB plan to expand this traffic safety campaign to other parts of the Southern District in future weeks.
Tags: area, autos, bikes, cars, citations, Community Police Advisory Board, cops, district, foot, lights, motorcycle, pedestrians, peds, red, safety, SFPD, SoCPAB, soma market, south, Southern District, Southern Police District, Southern Station, Southern Station Community Police Advisory Board, Southern. Police, tickets
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Friday, July 8th, 2011
Here’s the sitch at the foot of Grove Street these days.
See? Traffic moving inbound, west towards Market Street, backs up to Polk sometimes:
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The thing about that is that not many cars can make it through each traffic signal cycle, so it might take ten minutes to go 1.5 blocks.
There’s a bike lane in there inbound on the right, but, as you can see, it oftentimes gets blocked by double-parked cars and private bus lines like that from the CPMC.
Cyclists are rightly tempted to just take the little-used outbound lane to get to Market.
Oh well.
Tags: 2011, 8th, bay area, california, cars, civic center, congestion, cyclists, dpw, foot, grove, hyde, inbound, light, market, San Francisco, signal, soma, street, traffic, trafic
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