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Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Margarita Parra Cobaleda and Shiloh Ballard

By Damien Newton | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

We close out the series with a dual interview with Shiloh Ballard, the executive director of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, and Margarita Parra Cobaleda, a director with I ebike and board member of SVBC.

In 2012, Harris took the stage at the DNC Convention. She also sued SANDAG to force better regional planning in California.

As California AG, Kamala Harris Took a Political Risk to Fight Climate Change

By Damien Newton | Aug 13, 2020 | No Comments

When much of the establishment was praising a flawed Long Range Plan for San Diego, Harris joined local enviros to take SANDAG to court

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Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Jeffrey Buchanan

By Damien Newton | Jul 20, 2020 | No Comments

Policy Director of Working Partnerships Discusses What Can Be Done Now to Build a Great Ballot Measure

Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Steven Higashide

By Damien Newton | Jul 2, 2020 | No Comments

It's also important to marry some of the resources that business groups can provide with organizing and leadership from groups that are led by people of color, groups that are organizing transit riders.

Open Thread: Muni Approves a Handful of Temporary Bus-Only Lanes

By Damien Newton | Jul 1, 2020 | No Comments

The transit lanes would be installed in late summer and striped only with white paint, “Bus/Taxi Only” stenciling and signage.

Berkeley PD ticket a bicyclist on Milvia. Photo by Liza Lutzker

Defunding the Police: Berkeley Considers Shifting Traffic Enforcement to a New DOT

By Damien Newton | Jun 30, 2020 | No Comments

The legislation, entitled "BerkDOT: Reimagining Transportation for a Racially Just Future" creates a new city Department of Transportation that will be responsible for traffic stops, ticketing, and parking enforcement.

Caltrain will get its first electric trains soon. But it may not have the cash to run them. Image: Calmod

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Touting Positive Polling, Caltrain Prepares for Sales Tax Push

By Damien Newton | Jun 29, 2020 | No Comments

Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. It’s no secret that transit agencies have been hit hard by the COVID-19 slowdown. But even as Caltrain warns that crippling cuts […]