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Fed Up With(out) Bike Infrastructure in Guadalajara

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 24, 2011 | 1 Comment

Some citizens in Guadalajara, Mexico have taken direct action to make positive physical changes on their streets. As part of a movement known as “Ciclovía Ciudadana”, or Citizen Cycleway, activists planned the designs and procured the equipment themselves to implement the necessary bicycle infrastructure they felt couldn’t wait longer. Complete with well-marked bike lanes, intersection […]

Ferries on the Bay

By Chris Carlsson | Jan 19, 2011 | 5 Comments

Editor’s note: This is one in an occasional series of reports from Chris Carlsson on the history of transit in the Bay Area. There are thousands of people using ferries on the San Francisco Bay these days, so it’s hard to remember that ferry service died out for several decades. Of course the long history […]

California’s Climate Laws Undermined by Weak Transpo Policies, Investment

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

A new report from NRDC and Smart Growth America — which examines what all 50 states are doing to curb greenhouse gas emissions from transportation — lauds California as the most progressive state on policy, but points out that its transportation and spending priorities don’t match the bold blueprints, particularly as it relates to public […]

AC Transit Riders Fight For Their Right to Ride, 55 Years After Montgomery

By Bob Allen and Marcy Rein | Dec 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

Editor’s note: This story is being re-published from Race, Poverty and the Environment, a magazine produced by the social and environmental justice non-profit, Urban Habitat. Fifty-five years to the month after the start of the Montgomery bus boycott, people of color can sit wherever they want on the bus—when and if one arrives. Bus operators […]

Cal Park Tunnel Opening Ceremony Sees Hundreds of Cyclists

By Tom Murphy | Dec 10, 2010 | 17 Comments

Hundreds of joyous Marin County cyclists pedaled through the Cal Park Hill tunnel Friday afternoon as officials cut the ribbon on a $27 million holiday present that supporters hailed as a national model for green transportation. The 124-year-old railroad tunnel, sealed after a fire in 1990, connects the Larkspur Ferry landing to San Rafael, trimming […]

Cal Park Tunnel Opening Today Culminates Nearly Two Decades of Planning

By Tom Murphy | Dec 10, 2010 | 13 Comments

After 17 years of planning, the Cal Park tunnel will open to Marin County cyclists today, providing a shorter, safer route between San Rafael and the Larkspur Ferry for an estimated 800,000 riders a year. The 1.1-mile project includes class 1 bike lanes to connect the 1,106-foot bore with Sir Francis Drake Boulevard on the […]

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