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On the Ballot: A Key to Alameda County’s Sustainable Transportation Future

By Judy Silber | Oct 24, 2012 | 5 Comments

Alameda County could usher in a new era of progressive transportation projects if voters pass a proposed half-cent sales tax increase known as Measure B1 on November 6. Measure B1 would generate a projected $7.8 billion over the next 30 years for projects selected using a “complete streets” approach aimed at improving the county’s streets, […]

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SFMTA Reveals Strategy to Streamline Traffic Calming Projects

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 18, 2012 | 4 Comments

Swamped by demand for safer streets, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency has been working to overhaul the way it delivers speed humps, sidewalk bulb-outs, chicanes, and other measures proven to tame traffic speeds and save lives. By next spring, the SFMTA intends to implement its revamped traffic calming program, which was put on hold this year […]

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SFMTA Board Approves Fell and Oak Bikeways, Work to Begin This Month

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 17, 2012 | 24 Comments

Construction will begin this month on physically separated bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements on three critical blocks of Fell and Oak Streets after the project was approved unanimously yesterday by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors. “This is such a game-changer,” said SF Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Leah Shahum. “I think when […]

SFDPH Interactive Map Highlights SF’s Most Dangerous Streets for Walking

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 16, 2012 | 44 Comments

View Larger Map How dangerous is it to cross the street outside your door? A new interactive, corner-by-corner map created by the SF Department of Public Health shows the location of all pedestrian injuries and deaths from 2005 to 2010, highlighting the corridors that see the bulk of the city’s crashes. By providing better access to […]

Berkeley Embraces Its Inaugural Sunday Streets on Car-Free Shattuck Ave

By Judy Silber | Oct 15, 2012 | 9 Comments

Seventeen blocks of Shattuck Avenue, normally one of Berkeley’s most traffic-clogged streets, were filled with an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 people walking, biking and skating for the debut of Sunday Streets Berkeley this weekend. “It was a huge success,” said Erin Rhoades, executive director of Livable Berkeley, one of the event’s main organizers. “It’s evidence […]

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Congestion Pricing: Vital for Funding a Sustainable Transpo Future in SF

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 11, 2012 | 43 Comments

Take a shot at budgeting San Francisco’s future transportation revenue with the new online “Budget Czar” simulator from the SF County Transportation Authority, and it will quickly become clear: If residents want better transit and safer streets for walking and biking over the next 25 years, the city needs to collect new sources of transportation revenue […]

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