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Sidewalk Cycling Ban Again Proposed for Downtown San Jose

By Andrew Boone | Sep 19, 2014 | 7 Comments

San Jose Department of Transportation (SJDOT) officials announced at a community meeting Wednesday evening that a downtown sidewalk cycling ban is again under consideration, explaining that the “Walk Your Bike” signs and banners installed in December 2013 had largely failed to convince bicyclists to ride in the streets rather than on sidewalks. Three members of […]

VTA: No, We Won’t Cut Train Service to Move More Cars at Levi’s Stadium

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 18, 2014 | 9 Comments

Santa Clara County’s Valley Transportation Authority says it does not plan to reduce light-rail service in order to move more cars at Levi’s Stadium during the post-game traffic crunch. “Transit is not the problem; transit is a solution,” the agency wrote in a blog post yesterday, countering a report from the San Jose Mercury News on Monday. […]

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 […]

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 […]

San Jose Merchants Object to Parking Removal for Bike Lanes on Park Ave

By Andrew Boone | Aug 19, 2014 | 14 Comments

About 150 residents attended a community meeting last Wednesday hosted by the San Jose Department of Transportation in the Willow Glen neighborhood to introduce plans for new bike lanes and sharrows on six streets west of downtown. The projects would complement four less extensive bikeway projects on streets east of downtown which were presented on August 6. […]

East Palo Alto’s Highway 101 Ped/Bike Bridge Almost Fully Funded

By Andrew Boone | Aug 15, 2014 | 4 Comments

East Palo Alto’s decades-long dream to reconnect its east and west sides via a pedestrian/bicycle bridge has taken a huge leap forward. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) approved the city’s $8.6 million application to construct a 12-foot wide bridge over Highway 101 between Newell Road and Clarke Avenue, following East Palo Alto’s City Council’s […]

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