Comments on: Complete Streets Act to Hit the State Senate Floor http://transbayblog.com/2008/07/31/complete-streets-act-to-hit-the-state-senate-floor/ Transportation and urban planning in the San Francisco Bay Area Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Streets Stimulus « Transbay Blog http://transbayblog.com/2008/07/31/complete-streets-act-to-hit-the-state-senate-floor/#comment-6471 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:02:25 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=891#comment-6471 [...] increase transit ridership. The multimodal vision is similar to that embraced by California’s Complete Streets Act passed this year, but it would translate into more immediate [...]

]]> By: SB 375 and AB 1358 Are on the Governor’s Desk « Transbay Blog http://transbayblog.com/2008/07/31/complete-streets-act-to-hit-the-state-senate-floor/#comment-5719 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:46:09 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=891#comment-5719 [...] 375 and AB 1358 Are on the Governor’s Desk Remember AB 1358, the Complete Streets Act that we talked about several weeks ago? Well, it finally passed through the California legislature [...]

]]> By: Eric http://transbayblog.com/2008/07/31/complete-streets-act-to-hit-the-state-senate-floor/#comment-5541 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:06:30 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=891#comment-5541 Geez, Andy, you want inspired buildings in addition to complete streets? Picky. ;-)

Seriously, though- Fruitvale I think they were going for a particular look, but I agree that a lot of these transit village type developments end up becoming a bit cookie cutter. Maybe the problem is that we insist on calling them “villages,” which in turn inspires lackluster design.

Like the South San Francisco BART transit village. Even John King managed to realize it was boring, to say the least.

]]> By: Andy http://transbayblog.com/2008/07/31/complete-streets-act-to-hit-the-state-senate-floor/#comment-5535 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:58:46 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=891#comment-5535 What is it with idyllic street views slash recent projects and buildings painted in awful shades of beige, tan, brown, etc!! I saw the recent construction around the Fruitvale BART station for the first time the other day and it’s a horrible combination of all those colors. I guess it’s supposed to be easy on they eyes but IMO it’s hard to take buildings masquerading as earth very seriously.

On a positive note the bill sounds great!

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