Thanks to Francisco for this nice addition on Creek Mapping in the San Francisco Bay Area to the Community Mapping article. Shane Rhodes has also written up a great piece on the Kidical Mass phenomenon in Eugene, OR. This is exactly the kind of distinctive local knowledge we’re hoping people will share here. If you’re having trouble determining what belongs here or how to frame it, fear not! A new About page full of helpful hints is on the way. Look for it later today or Friday.
It’s been an exciting week in the transit world with Obama’s election and the passage of California’s Proposition 1A to fund high-speed rail connecting the state from north to south. Smaller victories like the defeat of Proposition KK described in this article on Berkeley, California have come through as well. Has election day (on the grand or small scale) affected the future of your street or transit options? Write about it by starting or adding to an article on your street, neighborhood, city, or state!
This week features articles newly illustrated by the photos captured in Wikis Take Manhattan. Thanks to Team Three Blind Mice for this textured crosswalk shot and Team Moss Men for the pedicab photo. But as Streetsblog points out, many articles like these are still in need of your writing contributions as well. Have an opinions on where textured pavement works best or some new statistics on muscle-powered transport? Share your knowledge and ideas with us!
By the Wikis, that is. This weekend’s free content photo scavenger hunt was a great success! As you can see for yourself in Streetfilms’ coverage of the day here. 
Twenty-five teams competed, capturing thousands of photos for photo-less StreetsWiki and Wikipedia articles. Congratulations to the winning team, Ex Post Photo, and runners up 3 Blind Mice & Naked Pictures of Bea Arthur. Photos are still uploading, so check back here or at Wikis-take.org for more details on where you’ll be able to access them. And a great thanks from StreetsWiki to everyone who was part to the event!
The lonesome StreetsWiki entries featured this week (and many others) are in need of photos! We’d like to invite you to Wikis Take Manhattan: a photo scavenger hunt where you can explore the city, supply freely-licensed photos to StreetsWiki and Wikipedia, and win a dinner with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales at the delicious Pure Food & Wine restaurant all at once. Register today and we’ll see you Saturday, October 4th, at 1pm!
