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Today’s Headlines

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Man Biking on Sidewalk Seriously Injures Woman on Market Near Stockton Street (SF Appeal, SFist) Muni Riders Are Jumping Off Moving Buses (SFGate, SF Examiner, KTVU) Inflation-Adjusted Muni Fare Hike Goes Into Effect July 1 (SF Examiner) Market Street Bike Counter Tallied 54,000 Bikes in First Month (SFGate) Design Competition Launches for Taking Down 280, Re-Configuring Caltrain Route […]

The Big Leap from Car-Lite to Car-Free

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While owning a car is a massive financial burden, economic incentives can still get in the way of the transition from car ownership to living car-free, even if you already don’t drive much. As Shane Phillips at Network blog Better Institutions explains today, it’s a classic problem of “sunk costs”: When someone is interested in […]

A Critical Change in Leadership Faces San Mateo County’s Planning Agency

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As San Mateo County’s congestion management agency, the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG), is supposed to be responsible for reducing auto congestion. It also controls the purse strings on transportation projects, doling out millions of dollars in state and federal grants to the region’s 20 cities, whose appointed representatives make up the agency’s governing board. “It […]

Today’s Headlines

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Muni Ridership Up Over 200 Percent for World Series Games (CityInsider) More on Supe Avalos’ Proposed Permits, Fees for Private Shuttles Using Muni Stops (SFGate) SFExam: Free Muni for Youth Plan is Best Use of One-Time MTC Funds SFPD Officers Allegedly Beat, Jail Well-Known Cyclist for Attempting to Observe Arrest (Uptown Almanac) Bay Bridge Construction […]