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Published: May, 2010 Responding to the growing interest in bicycle transportation, last month the City began installing its first physically separated bike lane on Market Street, the busiest corridor in San Francisco for two-wheeled transportation. White, soft-hit posts were added to the existing bike lane on Market Street between Octavia Boulevard and Eighth Street, […]
By Deb Self Published: May, 2010 Wetlands are among the most important ecosystems on Earth and provide a number of valuable functions that may be compromised due to climate change and the associated sea level rise. Not only are they highly productive, providing habitat for many specialized plants and animals, but wetlands also control the […]
By Brenda Kahn Published: May, 2010 For Bay Area officials grappling with how to implement stringent new state climate change legislation, the process became somewhat clearer and simpler on April 22, 2010, the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. At a Summit deliberately convened on that historic day, a consortium of regional agencies unveiled a new […]
By Bill Picture Published: May, 2010 The 23rd Annual Bay Area Decisionmakers Conference brought together experts, advocacy groups, business leaders, and representatives from a number of state regulatory agencies to discuss California’s preparations for the 16-inch increase in sea levels expected by 2050 due to climate change. The one-day event, held last month in Oakland, […]
Published: May, 2010 Bay Crossings was invited to attend the 23rd annual San Francisco Bay Decisionmakers Conference, “Climate 3.0 – Policies and Decisions for a Changing Landscape,” that took place last month in Oakland. An in-depth article by Bill Picture on the critical issues covered at the conference appears on the following two pages. As […]
By Paul Duclos Published: May, 2010 May is the month most celebrated by dance, and Bay Crossings readers—particularly classical music fans—have three major events to consider in this regard. The San Francisco Ballet, the oldest professional ballet company in America, will be concluding its 2010 season with Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet during the first […]
By Patrick Burnson Published: April, 2010 With the arrival of three new container cranes from Shanghai last month, the Port of Oakland’s leadership is anticipating continued cargo throughput. According to Omar Benjamin, the port’s executive director, Oakland has experienced a 30 percent increase in its maritime cargo imports and an 11 percent increase in outbound […]
By Georgia Lambert Published: April, 2010 Know someone who has brightened your daily commute on public transit? Is there a project that has gone above and beyond in reducing harmful carbon emissions from the air, or has an organization done an extraordinary job in improving a neighborhood or stretch of road? If so, the Metropolitan […]
Published: April, 2010 On April 14, leaders from business, government and citizen organizations will meet at the 23rd Annual San Francisco Bay Decisionmakers Conference to discuss the challenges that carbon management and sea-level change pose for the future of the San Francisco Bay. Hosted by the Bay Planning Coalition (BPC), this year’s San Francisco Bay […]
Published: April, 2010