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TSP Rebooted: Bureaucratic Revamp Could Boost Transit and Livable Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 3, 2015 | 2 Comments

San Francisco agencies have re-introduced the Transportation Sustainability Program, a bureaucratic overhaul that could dramatically expedite improvements for walking, biking, and transit, while discouraging car parking in new developments. In developing the program, SF planners are also nearing completion of the nation’s first major study showing that dedicated car parking encourages driving. The TSP is three-pronged: It would overhaul SF’s development fee […]

VTA Cuts Alum Rock and Santa Clara BART Stations From Funding Plans

By Andrew Boone | Nov 18, 2014 | 46 Comments

Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) officials announced on October 6 that they would not seek federal funds in 2015 to construct Alum Rock and Santa Clara BART stations planned as part of the transit system’s extension through downtown San Jose. The move sparked an outcry from neighborhood leaders and elected officials, who have worked in community […]

Voters Back Downtown Growth in San Bruno and Menlo Park

By Andrew Boone | Nov 7, 2014 | 5 Comments

Tuesday’s election saw large majorities of San Bruno and Menlo Park voters approve plans for substantial new downtown development. The plans could potentially transform both downtowns by bringing several thousand more workers and residents within walking distance of the two Peninsula cities’ Caltrain stations, both improving transit ridership and making the downtowns livelier, more livable […]

Transit Can Cut Car Traffic Much More Than Ridership Alone Suggests

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 1, 2014 | No Comments

Portland’s Max Blue Line Light Rail helped reduce driving far more than you would expect based on ridership alone. Photo: TriNet How much traffic does a transit line keep off the streets? Looking at ridership alone only tells part of the story, according a new study published in the Journal of the American Planning Association. […]

Costly New Parking Garages Still Gobbling Up Land at BART Stations

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 12, 2014 | 95 Comments

BART continues to encourage the construction of multi-story parking garages at its stations, despite the exorbitant costs and lost potential for valuable land that could be put to better use. On Monday, Oakland and BART officials held a press conference and ribbon-cutting ceremony to tout the opening of a 481-space parking structure at MacArthur BART station. […]

Supes, Mayor Get Developers to Pay Nearly Full Tax for Transbay Rail

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 10, 2014 | 7 Comments

Developers agreed to pay nearly the full property assessment rates to help fund transportation projects in the Transbay Transit Center District, under an agreement announced by the Board of Supervisors yesterday. Supervisors and Mayor Ed Lee stood their ground against the developers, who hired former mayor Willie Brown as a lobbyist to try to lower […]

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