Dude, Where’s My Bike Lane?
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Here is another clever video from San Francisco; this one chronicles the case of the missing bike lane. I think it is safe to say that gas stations and bike lanes don’t mix.
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Highway Collapse Causes Transit Expansion
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An early morning tanker truck crash that collapsed a portion of heavily-traveled freeway near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has shut down the artery indefinitely. In response, officials are urging Bay Area motorists to take transit. Standing near the wreckage Sunday night, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed that the state would respond quickly. Schwarzenegger declared […]
The Price of Parking: Let the Free Market Decide?
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The Wall Street Journal ran a piece this weekend by Conor Dougherty on the municipal move toward charging more for parking. It’s available online to paid subscribers only, but here’s a taste: As anyone who has ever circled the block for a marginally better spot knows, parking is an American obsession. It occasionally boils over […]