Recent Streetsblog SF posts about TransForm

Highway Toll Lane Construction Bill Stalled in State Senate Committee

By Dave Snyder | Jul 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: pixieclipx The Senate Transportation Committee met earlier this week to consider AB 744, a bill that would authorize the MTC to convert carpool lanes to toll “express lanes” and use the revenue to expand the regional carpool and bus express lane network. To its critics, the plan is the last gasp of suburban highway […]

Help Oakland Name Its Own “Summer Streets”

By lilyb | Jun 26, 2009 | 3 Comments

A night scene from Oakland’s Uptown Unveiled. Photo: Living in the O We were excited to welcome two dynamic Oakland, CA, groups to the Livable Streets Community this week: Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) and TransForm. Inspired by the success of San Francisco’s Sunday Streets, WOBO wants to launch its own East Bay version and […]

Car-Free Challenge Participants Buck Stereotypes

By Matthew Roth | Jun 18, 2009 | 5 Comments

Throughout June, scores of participants in TransForm’s first Car-Free Challenge have set goals for themselves to reduce or completely eliminate the use of cars, from those living in bike and transit-friendly Berkeley to far flung and auto-dominated suburban enclaves like Castro Valley. In addition to opening eyes about those who live normal and productive lives […]

Expanded Downtown Berkeley BART Bike Station Moving Forward

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 12, 2009 | 4 Comments

Bike station expansion supporters celebrate in the Berkeley City Hall lobby last December following the City Council’s decision to prioritize the bike station expansion. Photo: EBBC Berkeley and East Bay bicycle commuters will have many more bicycle parking options with the opening of a new storefront bicycle station near Downtown Berkeley BART later this year. […]

Advocates, Unions Call for BRT Connector Service to Oakland Airport

By Matthew Roth | May 8, 2009 | 10 Comments

Rendering of the BRT proposal to connect BART to the Oakland Airport, courtesy TransForm In a rally held at the Oakland Coliseum BART station yesterday, transportation and social justice advocates joined with transit and public health unions to call on the BART Board of Directors to study a full-BRT line connecting BART to Oakland Airport, […]

MTC Approves Sweeping Regional Plan, Debates New Toll Lanes

By Matthew Roth | Apr 23, 2009 | 3 Comments

Photo by bvohra via Flickr The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) yesterday approved its 25-year "Change In Motion" Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), after more than two years of work coordinating with the 26 regional transportation operators, the public, and the many authorities under its control. A slew of bicycle and transportation advocates lined up to thank […]

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