San Francisco

Experts are wary of free public transit »

Finally getting around to reading the postscript to Dave Olsen's series. Some argue that it leads to people valuing the system less, and treating it accordingly.

Aparkalypse Now II, a graphic novel opposing the Don Fisher Parking Initiative in San Francisco »

Vancouver gets mentioned twice as a paragon of downtown urban planning.

An Almost Astoundingly Low Set of Criteria for Acceptance

February 5th, 2006

Anil Dash (the gossip site he refers to is Valleywag): “My most consistent (and probably harshest) criticisms of San Francisco come from the times it embodies the worst caricatures of liberalism. A complete unwillingness to be uncritical, an almost astoundingly low set of criteria for acceptance -- these aren't the traits that encourage a community or a culture to improve. So, even if only a gossip site, just the fact that someone's willing to point out that some things suck is a helpful counterpoint to the prevailing sense that everything is good enough. It's that "good enough" that makes a paper like the Bay Guardian stop trying to learn from its community's desires.”

Vancouver planners say taller buildings just a start »

Compares Vancouver development policies to Seattle's and San Francisco's.
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