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Guest Editorial: Driverless Cars Could Wreck Livable Cities

By Jason Henderson | Jul 5, 2016 | 164 Comments

Over the past year driverless cars have been promoted as a panacea for livable cities. The storyline is that driverless cars will help reduce car ownership, free-up urban space for walking and biking, and help reduce death and injury. The USDOT has joined the parade with its “smart city challenge,” awarding Columbus, Ohio a $40 […]

Two Hit-and-Run Killings Last Night Plus Another Death This Morning

By Roger Rudick | Jun 23, 2016 | 23 Comments

Editor’s note: it’s positively numbing that I can’t finish writing a piece about two cycling deaths in 24 hours, when a third cyclist is killed, this morning, this time in Pleasanton. Wednesday evening, word came down that a woman was killed in Golden Gate Park while riding her bike. And in a separate incident, a woman […]

Menlo Park El Camino Real Bike Lanes Delayed Again

By Andrew Boone | Jun 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

Menlo Park’s plans to fix El Camino Real’s safety hazards were postponed yet again by a city council that is now split on whether to go ahead with the installation of even a bike lane pilot project. Proponents continue to demand that the city take action to prevent injuries suffered by residents in traffic collisions. “The goals of Menlo […]

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Streetsblog Talks With SF Bicycle Coalition Incoming Director Brian Wiedenmeier

By Roger Rudick | Jun 22, 2016 | 7 Comments

Earlier this week, the SF Bike Coalition announced it is tapping its development director, Brian Wiedenmeier, as its new executive director. Wiedenmeier takes the reigns from Margaret McCarthy, who had served as the organization’s interim director during a search to replace Noah Budnick, who resigned last year. Streetsblog sat down with Wiedenmeier to find out […]

Mission Madness: How Effective is the Big Meeting Format for Outreach?

By Roger Rudick | Jun 21, 2016 | 39 Comments

Roberto Hernandez, the “Monarch of the Mission,” didn’t put down the microphone when his two minutes were up. Heavy set, with his trademark fedora, he had already gone several minutes past the cut-off alarm, shouting about how someone with seven children can’t possibly ride the bus, reminiscing about riding a bike before there were bike lanes […]

VTA Sales Tax With Massive Highway Expansion Program on November Ballot

By Andrew Boone | Jun 17, 2016 | 74 Comments

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)’s half-cent “Envision Silicon Valley” transportation sales tax is now headed to the November 8 general election ballot in the county, after receiving the unanimous approval of the transit agency’s Board of Directors on June 2. The new sales tax would fund a massive highway expansion program, spending $1.85 billion […]

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