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At Long Last, Berkeley Gets an Updated Bike Plan

By Melanie Curry | May 3, 2017 | 2 Comments

At close to midnight last night, the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved the Berkeley Bike Plan, which seeks to build a network of safe, connected bikeways throughout the city to encourage more people to ride bikes.

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Fate of Caltrain Electrification Hangs on Trump’s Budget

By Damien Newton | Apr 26, 2017 | 10 Comments

There will be many news stories generated by the announcement of the details of President Donald Trump's proposed budget next month. In advance of the announcement, the campaign to preserve funding for the electrification of Caltrain is working with advocates around the state and country to preserve a nearly $650 million grant agreement scuttled by the Trump Administration in February.

Silicon Valley Bike Vision Plan Is a Great Tool for Advocates Everywhere

By Melanie Curry | Mar 24, 2017 | 5 Comments

The Silicon Valley Bike Vision report shows what peninsula cities are doing right, as well as what they could do better to improve conditions for bicyclists and encourage more people to ride. It serves as a vision of what bicycling could be like, and provides a general roadmap on how to get there.

A Swiss double deck EMU, similar to what will one day run on Caltrain. Could frequent, predictable service using this kind of electrified, light-weight train become the norm in California? Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

San Mateo Rallies to Rescue Caltrain Electrification

By Eli Wirtschafter | Mar 1, 2017 | 20 Comments

Caltrain has bought itself some time — at the price of up to $20 million.

Residents shot down a proposal to restrict motor vehicle parking along Santa Cruz Avenue at a community meeting in Oak Knoll Elementary School last Monday. Photo: Andrew Boone

Proposal to Remove Free Parking Riles Santa Cruz Avenue Residents

By Andrew Boone | Feb 1, 2017 | 1 Comment

Going by the results of a public meeting at Oak Knoll Elementary School in Menlo Park last Monday, San Mateo County traffic engineers have no options left to correct a dangerous five-lane stretch of Santa Cruz Avenue that runs from San Hill Road to Alameda de las Pulgas. “I’m one of the cyclists that has been hit […]

San Jose has designed larger curb radii into the newly widened Saint James Street, creating a new hazard for pedestrians. No crosswalk is included on the north side of the Saint James & Market street intersection. Image: City of San Jose

San Jose Makes Saint James Street More Dangerous

By Andrew Boone | Dec 20, 2016 | 6 Comments

Construction on San Jose’s huge North San Pedro plan is well underway. It removes a one-way, four-lane S-curve segment of Julian Street just east of Highway 87 and restores several blocks of the city’s original street grid. Removing that nasty S-curve and replacing it with a grid is good, but much of the North San Pedro plan still screams “car […]

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