Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bay Bridge

The push is on to build another Bay Bridge. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

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More Sophistry in Favor of a Second Bay Bridge for Cars

By Roger Rudick | Feb 12, 2018 | 27 Comments

Chronicle Op-Ed massages stats and makes false equivalencies to support another highway bridge between SF and Oakland

Rene Rivera, Executive Director of Bike East Bay, at the podium before the ribbon cutting for Yerba Buena Island Vista Point. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Celebrating the Opening of Yerba Buena Island Vista Point to Bikes

By Melanie Curry and Roger Rudick | May 2, 2017 | 18 Comments

Some eighty cycling advocates, lawmakers, and transportation notables assembled this morning for a ride across the eastern span of the Oakland Bay Bridge, which as of today is open seven days a week. Destination: Yerba Buena Island Vista Point, a new park that offers a resting spot with expansive views for pedestrians and cyclists coming […]

SPUR Talk: The Dicey Dynamics of Megaprojects

By Roger Rudick | Oct 20, 2016 | 4 Comments

Huge projects, such as the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, can define a region and transform the fabric of a city–but they are often delayed and come in massively over budget. Karen Frick, Co-Director of the University of California Transportation Center at Berkeley, attempted to deconstruct megaprojects and how to manage them more […]