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What’s Inside the Central Subway? (SFChron) Berkeley Approves Seven Stories for BART Station Developments (Berkeleyside) Should Transit Boards be Elected? (NextCity) Lawsuit Looms Over HSR, Housing Development in Millbrae (DailyJournal) Former Alameda Supe Sets Himself up as ‘Consultant’ on Valley Link (MercNews) Driverless Car Companies Cleared to Start Charging (TechCrunch, Reuters) Alameda County Reinstates Indoor Mask […]

Truck Driver Kills Unicyclist in Hayes Valley (SFChron, NBCBayArea) Motorist Kills Cyclist in North Oakland (SFChron, EastBayTimes) Hit & Run Hummer Driver Kills Pedestrian in East Oakland (EastBayTimes) History and Car-Free Future of Telegraph in Berkeley (Berkeleyside) S.F.’s ‘Emergency’ Transit Lanes (MassTransit) Housing Advocates Support 18 Stories at Berkeley BART Stations (SFChron) Funding for San […]

Advocates Plead for Safer Streets (SFBay) Rail Ridership Up (MassTransit) Q&A with Historian on S.F. Transportation (SFExaminer) More on Integrated Transit Bill Advancing (GCN) More on Housing and the People’s Park (Berkeleyside) Housing to Rise Behind Berkeley Theater (SFChron) Global Warming’s Threat to Hunter’s Point (SFExaminer) Book Review: The History of the Bicycle (Atlantic) Commentary: […]

State Senate Passes Rail Integration Bill (DailyJournal) More on Shuttle Proposal for Sunset (Hoodline) Profile of a Cable Car Gripman (NBCBayArea) Telecommuting Continues (NewGeography) Berkeley’s Downtown Housing Boom (SFChron) Concord Vice Mayor Arrested for DUI (KTVU) Humboldt Bay Rail Moves Forward (LostCoastOutpost) Philadelphia’s Fight to Solve ‘Corridor of Death’ (SFGate) Letters: Refineries Making a Fortune […]

Sunset Community Shuttle Proposed (SFBay) Signs of Life at Transbay Transit Center (SFExaminer) More on J.F.K. Promenade (MomentumMag) Bus Maker Will Hire More Women, Minorities (WashPost) Families of Slain VTA Workers Sue (SFChron, KTVU) Who’s Responsible for VTA and Other Massacres? (CalMatters) Autonomous Car Blocks Fire Truck (Wired) Housing Tower Construction in San Jose (EastBayTimes) […]

D.C. Moves to Make Oversize Car Owners Pay Costs (Bloomberg) Caltrain Seeks $260 Million to Complete Electrification (SFExaminer) Vancouver Transit Recovery Outpacing S.F. (TheProvince) VTA Employees Try to Cope with Gun Violence (EastBayTimes, LATimes) Fire Department Blocks Tenderloin Parklet (SFChron) S.F. Population Drops (SFChron) Big Projects Bringing New Housing to Bay Area (BisNow) Would a Normal […]