To whatever extent you can cover the region in addition to the city, that will be great: there's a lot going on in the 100+ cities around the Bay.

I'm with Greenbelt Alliance -- the Bay Area's regional planning and conservation organization -- and we're excited to have a new ally in advocating for smarter growth and more climate-friendly, walkable neighborhoods.

Looking forward to your launch.

I've never been hostile to the "bike community" - only to those select few who seem to find it OK to run stop signs and ride their bikes on the sidewalk when its safe. So, strike one. And, for the record, my brother is an avid cyclist and I want to be sure he, like all responsible bicyclists who obey the rules of the road are safe. So, there's a lie by "Adam" right there.

In my day job I am a PR consultant for many causes and I've always fully disclosed them when they had any impact on events in San Francisco (They rarely do since I usually do not take clients in town). So there's no controversy here either. Sure there's been some lies told by certain people in town, but that's common in SF - if someone doesn't agree with you 100%, demonize them personally, usually with more lies.

In fact the only controversy is this "adam" who obviously doesn't read the N Judah Chronicles, has cherry picked a few things to provide a wholly inaccurate view of what I am about and what I've done. People who have been reading for the last 3 years know this - it's too bad that some people are just upset that I won "Best Local Blog" by the readers of the Bay Guardian, and will do what they can to engage in character assassination on the Internet.

It is telling that "Adam" can't even sign his own name or publish an email to go with his comments. I guess if he's not willing to stand behind his words, well, that says it all.

I've never been hostile to the "bike community" - only to those select few who seem to find it OK to run stop signs and ride their bikes on the sidewalk when its safe. So, strike one. And, for the record, my brother is an avid cyclist and I want to be sure he, like all responsible bicyclists who obey the rules of the road are safe. So, there's a lie by "Adam" right there.

In my day job I am a PR consultant for many causes and I've always fully disclosed them when they had any impact on events in San Francisco (They rarely do since I usually do not take clients in town anymore). So there's no controversy here either. Sure there's been some lies told by certain people in town, but we'll always have people like that who have to defame someone else just because they're not in lock step with their own political views.

In fact the only controversy is this "adam" who obviously doesn't read the N Judah Chronicles, has cherry picked a few things to provide a wholly inaccurate view of what I am about and what I've done. People who have been reading for the last 3 years know this - it's too bad that some people are just upset that I won "Best Local Blog" by the readers of the Bay Guardian, and will do what they can to engage in character assassination on the Internet.

It is telling that "Adam" can't even sign his own name or publish an email to go with his comments. I guess if he's not willing to stand behind his words, they're really not that reliable after all.

How much do you think a journalist's salary is, anyway? I'd say 75 grand is a bargain for two full-time professionals.

--Ian

Glad to hear it. I fear however my initial perception is shared by others, particularly those that oppose our shared cause. Otherwise,keep up the good work!

$75,000 to start a blog?!?! Sounds like an awful lot even if you are paying people. I hope that's a trust to keep it going in perpetuity.

Congrats on a great addition to streetsblog, and here's hoping that a streetsblog on either side of the planned HSR will help it get built faster!

We can definitely use some blog coverage of the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system in the East Bay (Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro), which NIMBYs are trying very hard to stop. That happens to be my local issue, but there are lots more.

Andy, We'd be open to doing Streetsblog in a sprawlier or more suburban city. Activists in Denver, Boston and Chicago have all expressed interest in getting a Streetsblog off the ground. If you can help us rustle up $75,000 for Streetsblog New Jersey (or a group of volunteers who can run it at a relatively consistent level of high quality), then let's talk business.

We've got it all: corrupt, incompetent DOT, 157 towns or something like that, which refuse to cooperate in any significant way, outrageous low density zoning over all the place, huge budget deficits, broken property tax system that penalizes urban areas --- but, believe it or not, there is quite a strong concern about 'sprawl' and preserving open spaces that's even shared by the Republican governor. There's just no vision or understanding about what it would take to implement it. We're waiting for you!