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Final Push on BART Bond

By Roger Rudick | Nov 7, 2016 | 15 Comments

Press, advocates and politician gathered at 8:30 this morning in front of Oakland City Hall for a final push for the $3.5 billion BART bond, Measure RR. As Streetsblog readers will recall, the bond is intended to rebuild and upgrade BART’s aged infrastructure, focusing on the exiting tracks, trains, tunnels, signals and electrical systems. From the […]

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Alameda Advocates Continue Push for Alternative to Posey Hell Tunnel

By Roger Rudick | Nov 2, 2016 | 32 Comments

Advocate-volunteers with BikeWalk Alameda took shifts today counting cyclists and pedestrians passing through the Posey Tube on their way between western Alameda and Oakland. The count will be used to help push for a pedestrian and bicycle drawbridge between Alameda and Jack London Square, across the Alameda estuary. “That’s the big, long term goal,” said Brian McGuire, […]

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A Note of Caution on Tech and Privatizing Transit

By Roger Rudick | Oct 31, 2016 | 133 Comments

At a recent SPUR meeting, an audience member asked why cities continue to invest billions in long-term projects, such as the Central Subway, when ride-hail services such as Juno, Lyft, and Uber Pool have rendered urban rail more or less obsolete. This sentiment is reflected in a recent piece in the Atlantic by former Los […]

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Fixing the Mess at Geneva-San Jose/Balboa Park

By Roger Rudick | Oct 27, 2016 | 6 Comments

Last night, SFMTA held an open house at Lick Wilmerding High School to get community suggestions on what to do about the mess of tracks, ramps, road and pedestrian crossings on and around the intersection of Geneva and San Jose, adjacent to the Balboa Park BART and Muni stations. From SFMTA’s project page: The SFMTA […]

Safe Streets Advocates Urge ‘Yes’ Vote on Props J & K

By Brian Wiedenmeier, Nicole Ferrara and Tom Radulovich | Oct 26, 2016 | 12 Comments

Amid an avalanche of issues on the November ballot, San Francisco voters face one question with consequences for each of us every single day: Should our city invest in safe, affordable transportation? To answer yes, we must pass both Propositions J & K. At a time when so many people feel pressed by the soaring […]

VTA Measure B’s Bloated Highway Expansions Leave Transit Unfunded

By Andrew Boone | Oct 25, 2016 | 32 Comments

The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)’s proposed 30-year Measure B half-cent sales tax is bloated with billions of dollars in highway traffic expansions. If Santa Clara County voters pass Measure B on November 8, $1.85 billion would be lavished on highway projects while less than half that amount would go to bus, light rail, bicycling, and […]

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