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Can VTA’s Bus Route Changes Keep Up With Suburban Office Park Growth?

By Andrew Boone | Sep 16, 2014 | 11 Comments

Office development is booming in Santa Clara County. As the number of jobs increases, will the Valley Transportation Authority ramp up bus service to keep pace, or will streets become overrun with traffic? VTA hosted a public meeting last week to present a set of proposed changes to its bus service that the agency calls its North Central County […]

Costly New Parking Garages Still Gobbling Up Land at BART Stations

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 12, 2014 | 95 Comments

BART continues to encourage the construction of multi-story parking garages at its stations, despite the exorbitant costs and lost potential for valuable land that could be put to better use. On Monday, Oakland and BART officials held a press conference and ribbon-cutting ceremony to tout the opening of a 481-space parking structure at MacArthur BART station. […]

Tomorrow: Oakland Drops Protected Bike Lanes on Telegraph Avenue

By Melanie Curry | Sep 10, 2014 | 21 Comments

Oakland has dropped protected bike lanes from its draft proposals to redesign Telegraph Avenue, and the buffered bike lanes that are included would disappear at the most dangerous section, throwing people on bikes into mixed traffic with motor vehicles. The city will hold two open houses this week where the public can weigh in on the draft […]

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NYC’s Tom Maguire Expected to Lead at the SFMTA, if Mayor Lee Lets Him

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 9, 2014 | 3 Comments

Ever since we broke the news that New York City’s Tom Maguire would be hired as the new director of the SFMTA’s Sustainable Streets Division, we’ve heard only positive reactions. If nothing else, there’s a lot of hype building for this promising veteran of the livable streets renaissance seen under Janette Sadik-Khan‘s NYC Department of Transportation. […]

Mountain View Council Candidates Split on Building Housing Near Google

By Andrew Boone | Sep 8, 2014 | 36 Comments

A crowded field of nine candidates campaigning for three available seats on Mountain View’s City Council aired their disagreements at a community forum on Tuesday evening about whether new housing within the sprawling North Bayshore office park would be a practical solution to traffic congestion and rapidly rising rents. Candidates Lenny Siegel, Pat Showalter, Jim Neal, Gary […]

New Report Out of NYC: Protected Bike Lanes Improve Safety for Everyone

By Stephen Miller | Sep 5, 2014 | No Comments

In sync with Bicycling Magazine naming New York America’s best biking city, the NYC Department of Transportation released a report this week full of stats on the safety impact of protected bike lanes. It’s the most robust data the city has released about this type of street design, and the results prove that protected bike lanes […]

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