Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Peninsula

Will San Mateo County Make Real Changes for a Safer Middlefield Road?

By Andrew Boone | Jun 27, 2014 | 1 Comment

Residents of North Fair Oaks have made it clear that they want a safer Middlefield Road with wider sidewalks, but San Mateo County has yet to commit to a redesign that could make a real difference on this important commercial street. On Tuesday, county officials presented the results of a community survey on the $12.5 […]

San Jose Candidates Seek Bike Votes in Tomorrow’s Primaries

By Andrew Boone | Jun 2, 2014 | 1 Comment

Tomorrow, San Jose voters will choose which of the candidates running for mayor, or for five of the city’s ten council seats, will proceed to run-off elections in November. San Jose’s growing bicycle advocacy community has put the spotlight on which candidates have made commitments to a bike-friendlier city, and many candidates have responded by courting the […]

Clipper Card Upgrade Could Bring Seamless Regional Travel, Or Not

By Andrew Boone | May 13, 2014 | 55 Comments

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission will soon renew its contract for Clipper, the Bay Area’s “all-in-one transit card.” Transit advocates are urging MTC to use the opportunity to create a more seamless fare system, and remove barriers that could allow Clipper payments on both the region’s transit agencies and “first-and-last-mile” trip services. Transit riders can currently […]

Eyes on the Street: East Palo Alto’s First Sharrows

By Andrew Boone | May 6, 2014 | 10 Comments

When East Palo Alto repaved Woodland Avenue between Newell Avenue and West Bayshore Road in late March, one half-mile of the city’s bumpiest pothole-filled street was suddenly transformed into its smoothest one, complete with new striping and well-placed sharrows on top. City planners hope the sharrows will help residents bike and drive more predictably on Woodland’s […]

Silicon Valley’s First “Bike to Shop Day” Set for May 17

By Andrew Boone | Apr 24, 2014 | No Comments

Planning to build on the wave of enthusiasm for bike commuting generated each May by Bike to Work Day, transportation and health advocates in Silicon Valley are promoting a spin-off called Bike to Shop Day on Saturday, May 17, to encourage people to shop by bike at local businesses. Retail businesses offering discounts to bicycling customers are shown on […]

What Drives the Google Bus?

By Ben Ross | Apr 21, 2014 | 37 Comments

Forget measuring carbon emissions and counting blocked Muni buses. The real meaning of the Google bus is the deeper illness it reveals – a co-dependent relationship in which sprawl and gentrification reinforce each other. Tech companies don’t run buses just to please their city-loving engineers. Silicon Valley land use makes them do it. The Valley’s […]

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