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San Mateo Adopts Vision Zero and LOS Reform With Sustainable Streets Plan

By Andrew Boone | Feb 20, 2015 | 9 Comments

With the adoption of its Sustainable Streets Plan on Tuesday, San Mateo’s City Council has embraced several major transportation policy reforms, including Vision Zero and reforming car-oriented street design and development practices. The Sustainable Streets Plan lays out detailed design guidelines for complete streets, envisioning “a transportation system that is sustainable, safe, and healthy and supports […]

Daly City Votes to Continue Subsidizing Residential Parking Permits

By Andrew Boone | Feb 19, 2015 | 16 Comments

Daly City’s City Council shot down a proposal last month to charge $40 a year for residential parking permits near the city’s BART station. The permits, which give resident car owners privileged access to on-street parking, are currently free. The proposed fee, which amounts to 11 cents per day, elicited raucous opposition from public commenters at the council meeting. The fee would […]

New Bike Lanes in Sunnyvale Could Be Just the Beginning for El Camino Real

By Andrew Boone | Feb 18, 2015 | 12 Comments

To build a bike network, you’ve gotta start somewhere, and on El Camino Real, it started in Sunnyvale last month. The first bike lanes on El Camino Real are six feet wide, striped along the curb with no protection from traffic, running half a mile from Sunnyvale Avenue to Fair Oaks Avenue/Remington Drive, near the city’s […]

Atherton Joins HSR Opponents to Sue Caltrain; Menlo Park Drops Its Suit

By Andrew Boone | Feb 17, 2015 | 24 Comments

Last week, the Town of Atherton teamed up with opponents of California High-Speed Rail to file a lawsuit against Caltrain [PDF]. The City of Menlo Park, meanwhile, dropped threats to file a similar lawsuit, one week after listing five issues that the city wants Caltrain to resolve. Caltrain must complete its electrification project before it starts sharing […]

Pedestrian Access to South San Francisco Caltrain Station Gets a Boost

By Andrew Boone | Feb 10, 2015 | 27 Comments

The South San Francisco Caltrain station is set to get better walking connections to downtown and a more spacious boarding area after the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA) Board awarded a grant for station reconstruction last Thursday. The $59 million project will widen the center platform and build a pedestrian tunnel re-connecting the station directly to […]

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New Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf: “Time to Re-Envision Our Roads”

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 30, 2015 | 19 Comments

New Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf showed promise as an executive with a smart vision for her city’s streets at the annual kick-off party for Young Professionals in Transportation’s SF Bay chapter this week. In an interview at the event with Sam Greenspan of the podcast 99% Invisible, Schaaf said “it’s time we re-envision how we […]

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