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Roger Rudick

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One of many car-free streets in the Netherlands, Lange Elisabethstraat, Utrecht. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The Fietser Kings Come to San Francisco

By Roger Rudick | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments
A delegation of planners from the Netherlands, the grand masters of bike infrastructure, explain that it's about more than fiets (the Dutch word for bicycle)

This Week: Go Dutch, Hunters Point, Driver’s Ed

By Roger Rudick | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments
Here is a list of events this week.
A bike path in Amsterdam. Image: Px Here via Creative Commons

Q&A: Dutch Safety Experts Coming to San Francisco

By Roger Rudick | Sep 1, 2022 | No Comments
Streetsblog talks with Chris Bruntlett of the Dutch Cycling Embassy about street safety and next week's visit to California
The motorist's car (left) with the windshield smashed from killing a man crossing Piedmont at  West MacArthur Boulevard on Thursday. Still from a KTVU report
This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Commentary: Cities Need to Make Protected Bike Lanes and Intersections the Default

By Roger Rudick | Aug 29, 2022 | No Comments
Continuing to blow off physically protected bike lanes is tantamount to murder

This Week: 16th Street, HOV Lanes, Coffee Club

By Roger Rudick | Aug 29, 2022 | No Comments
Here is a list of events this week.
A motorist taking the corner at West and MacArthur slowly and carefully, thanks to the new protected intersection. Nice, but Oakland needs to work on corners on all its streets. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

Commentary: Don’t Forget About Illegal Parking on Corners

By Roger Rudick | Aug 25, 2022 | No Comments
Sidewalk parking is a problem, but keeping the corners clear of scofflaw parkers could be key to lowering the crash rate
A look at the San Jose BART extension--in the tenth level of hell. Image: Local Metro

‘Local Metro’ is off the Rails

By Roger Rudick | Aug 23, 2022 | No Comments
A California comedian thinks you've just got to laugh at the state of transit and our streets
A new Capitol Corridor Amtrak locomotive next to a new Caltrain train set in San Jose. They run on the same tracks and serve stations in common, but the services accept completely different tickets. Photo: CV Makhijani
This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Why is Amtrak Missing from the BayPass Pilot?

By Roger Rudick | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments
Amtrak's Bay Area service doesn't take Clipper and isn't part of the BayPass pilot. That's an omission you can drive a train through

This Week: Page Street, Safe Driving, Morning Ride

By Roger Rudick | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments
Here is a list of events this week.
Rally to save 'Car-Free JFK' held in February. Photo: Sergio Ruiz

Weekend Roundup: Save JFK Again, Another HSR Milestone

By Roger Rudick | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments
Here are a few Streetsblog news nuggets to start your weekend.
The entrance to MLK from Chain of Lakes in April. Barriers now gone and cars back. Image: Google maps
This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Open Letter to SFMTA: We Missed the Outreach on MLK/Middle Drive

By Roger Rudick | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments
City decides to allow cars on Middle Drive/MLK bike connector but forgets to promote outreach meetings, equity survey
Image: Seamless Bay Area

Fare Integration Takes One Step Forward, One Step Back

By Roger Rudick | Aug 16, 2022 | No Comments
The hope is that if a regionwide pass increases ridership without causing transit Armageddon, perhaps individual agencies will stop blocking and delaying real transit integration. Then the goals of S.B. 917 can be achieved via MTC--which is supposed to be the coordinating agency for Bay Area transit--without the legislation.
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