Damien Newton
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VTA Leaders Express Doubts about Legislation That Would Change Board Makeup
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Critics are emerging of AB 1091, Asm. Marc Berman's bill that would remake the VTA Board
State Legislation Would Reshape VTA Board
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New legislation would shake up the VTA board. But would service actually improve?
SBSF Interview : SPUR’S Nick Josefowitz on the First Steps for New Mega Measure
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Josefowitz : We can’t expect to put a regional measure on the ballot of the scale that was contemplated with Faster without confronting some of the governance challenges we have now.
L.A.’s Ambitious Homeless Program
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Bonin: "They say where there's a will there's a way; In this case, there has to be a way." Raman: "We need to be ambitious; I've heard the word 'hundreds' but we need be hearing 'thousands' [of new rooms to be added to Roomkey]."
Thank You Bay Area!
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Over the weekend, we received word that the craigslist Charitable Fund had awarded Streetsblog SF a $25,000 grant to help with 2021, raising our total for the drive to $45,685. While this is just under our goal, it's enough to assure that Streetsblog San Francisco will continue to publish for all of 2021 assuming our advertising income remains steady.
Building a Better Regional Ballot Measure w/ Seamless Bay Area’s Ian Griffiths
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As we prepare to bid goodbye to 2020, Streetsblog SF continues its interview series with local and national experts to lay the groundwork for the best possible transit mega-measure for 2022
Help Streetsblog and Make the Bay Area a More Livable City in 2021
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If you value the solutions journalism that helped save Caltrain, protected bike shops during stay at home orders and fights for Dutch-style progressive transportation projects to make the city safer, than there is no better way to help than by supporting Streetsblog today.
Streetsblog Needs Your Help
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We know 2020 was not the year we hoped, but help us stay strong for a better 2021.
Lessons from Measure RR for a 2022 Regional Ballot Measure
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"So, the lessons from Measure RR are that public agency led vision and outreach, multiple stakeholders working together with a public owner and broad coalition working to get the measure passed are going to work best to get measures passed."
Announcing the 2020 Streetsie Award Winners
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People Protected, Scraper Bikes, Oakland DOT's Slow Streets Team and San Jose Bike Plan Team
Listening to Voices for Public Transportation: Work Now to Build a Better Ballot Initiative for 2022
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The Voices for Public Transportation Coalition is looking at where we are and seeing three phases for transit.
Streetsblog California Endorses Measure RR
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Streetsblog California joins the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury-News, Seamless Bay Area, the Greenbelt Alliance, Streetsblog San Francisco and many other groups representing transit riders, environmentalists and Bay Area residents to support the measure.