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SF Has 3 Years to Get to Zero Traffic Deaths. A State Speed-Limit Bill Is Trying to Help

By Grace Hase | Jul 26, 2021 | No Comments

While the city has embraced slow streets, our most dangerous roads need attention from Sacramento. Assemblymember Chiu’s previous efforts have been curbed, but he’s optimistic this time.

A French high-speed train travelling at 200 mph, drawing electric power from the overhead wire. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

L.A. Times Needs to Stop High Speed Gaslighting

By Roger Rudick and Damien Newton | Jul 26, 2021 | No Comments

Once again, the L.A. Times's most irresponsible reporter repeats battery train blather

Americans Want Green School Buses, But Congress Sells Them Short

By Kea Wilson | Jul 26, 2021 | No Comments

Most Americans agree its past time to green the nation's fleet of yellow school buses, a new survey finds — but Congress keeps whittling down funding for this common sense, bipartisan priority.

This Week: Emerging Tech, Smart City, In-Law Units

By Roger Rudick | Jul 26, 2021 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Jul 26, 2021 | No Comments

BART Ahead of Schedule on RR Projects (SFExaminer)
Will S.F. Continue Giving Motorists a Free Ride? (SFChron, Fox, CBSLocal)
More on Muni Not Reaching Pre-Pandemic Service (ABC7)
Are Muni Route Eliminations Imminent? (SFChron)
Golden Gate Transit Lags (KPIX5)
Caltrain, SamTrans in Line for Federal Funds (DailyJournal)
Revenge of the Cars (NewRepublic)
More on Google Bus and Transit Lanes (SFGate)
Low Income in the Sunset (BizTimes)
Extreme Weather Hurts Older Californians (SacBee)
Commentary: It’s time for California to Take Speeding Seriously (LATimes)

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Study: Bike Share Saves the U.S. $36 Million Public Health Dollars Every Year

By Kea Wilson | Jul 23, 2021 | No Comments

The long-term health benefits of using bike share vastly outweigh the short-term risks, even in the most polluted and car-dominated U.S. cities, a new study finds — and cities who invest in reducing those risks by loosening car dominance can save even more lives and millions in precious public health dollars.

The Electric F-150 and the Lifestyle-Truck Virus

By Jordan McGillis | Jul 23, 2021 | No Comments

The ostensible purpose of the EV tax credit is to incentivize consumers to opt away from internal combustion engine vehicles. Its proponents would argue that the credit serves to neutralize the cost advantage conferred to ICE vehicles in the absence of emissions pricing. But the application of this logic to Ford’s new electric pickup puts into stark relief the EV tax credit’s flaws.

The new protected bike lane on Commonwealth Avenue, pictured on May 8, 2019.

Research Suggests Boston’s New Protected Lanes Boosted Bikeshare Traffic 80 Percent

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 23, 2021 | No Comments

Bikeshare traffic across the Allston and Fenway neighborhoods more than doubled after a city project added protected bike lanes on Commonwealth Avenue. Furthermore, the fastest growth involved trips that would have been likely to use the newly-built protected bike lanes.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Jul 23, 2021 | No Comments

SFMTA Won’t Ban Google Buses from Geary (48Hills)
BART Ridership Up, Other Signs of Recovery (SFChron)
Anti-HSR Dems’ Latest Rationales (SFExaminer)
More on Discrimination Suit Against SFMTA (SFChron)
Pedestrian Deaths at Epidemic Levels (Governing)
Efforts to Fight Speeding (TheFrisc)
S.J. Police Search for Hit & Run Driver who Killed Pedestrian (NBCLocal)
It Takes $127k Just to Make Ends Meet in S.F. (SFGate)
Crackdown on Unlicensed Street Vendors (ABC7)
Novato Fight Over Homeless Encampment (SFChron)
Ode to Tilden Park (SFGate)

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Talking Headways Podcast: This Food Pyramid Would be All Cars

By Jeff Wood | Jul 22, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Zabe Bent, director of design for the National Association of City Transportation Officials. We chat about how we think too much about the future and growth, the MUTCD process, and how she would start the design an infrastructure bill.

A car from the now sadly defunct Car2Go, which sold point-to-point car-share by the minute. An expansion of car share could reduce the number of vehicles on our streets. Photo: Elliott Brown/Flick

OPINION: To Ban Cars, Socialize Them

By Nicole A. Murray | Jul 22, 2021 | No Comments

The city could repurpose its huge fleet into a car-share one, starting with the NYPD's huge cache of vehicles.

The authors cycle in their adopted hometown of Delft, NL. Image courtesy of Modacity.

Four Myths About Car-Light Cities, Busted

By Kea Wilson | Jul 22, 2021 | No Comments

Have a conversation about why America should be less car-dominated, and sooner or later, you’re bound to hear a skeptic say something like this: “That all sounds great. But American transportation culture will never change. This isn’t the Netherlands!”

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