Learn about the Netherlands
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Streetsblog talked with Bart Twaalfhoven, consul general of the Netherlands in the Midwest, about some of the differences between the Netherlands and Chicago when it comes to road safety.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- BART Earthquake Early Warning Tech (MassTransit)
- More on Clipper BayPass (CBSLocal)
- California HSR Contracts (RailwayTech)
- Transportation-Involved Larkspur City Councilmember Won’t Seek Reelection (MarinIJ)
- Most Dangerous Marin Intersections for Cyclists (MarinIJ)
- Global Warming Induced Heat Waves to Worsen (SFChron)
- How Federal Bill Could Help Offset Energy Costs (EastBayTimes)
- More Express Lanes Open on 101 (SFGate)
- San Bruno TOD’s Fail to Materialize (DailyJournal)
- Mayor Breed Dissatisfied with Report on Shipyard Housing Project (SFExaminer)
- Haney and Preston Spar Over Housing (SFChron)
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Op-ed: SB 917 Fails — Yet it Succeeds
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Like many bills before it, the Seamless Transit Transformation Act has pushed forward change - even though it didn’t become law.
On to the Governor’s Desk: S.B. 922 to Expedite Sustainable Transportation Projects
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S.B. 922 would accelerate approval of bike, pedestrian, light rail, and rapid bus projects, if Governor Newsom signs it
Senator Calls on Feds to Mandate ‘Frontover’ Cameras on Huge Cars — But It Won’t Save Enough Lives
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A Connecticut senator is calling for federal action on megacars that are too big for drivers to see children right in front of them — but not necessarily by making vehicles smaller, which could save lives in other kinds of crashes, too.
To Fix Inflation And Climate Change, Get Americans out of Cars
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Our gas-guzzling rides are tanking our personal finances and municipal budgets as well as dooming the planet.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Muni Could Lose Big if Housing Plan Fails (SFExaminer)
- Four Years of Transbay Transit Center (SFist)
- More on Clipper Bay-Wide Pass (RichmondStandard)
- More on BART, Caltrain, other Transit Systems (RailwayAge)
- The Cost of Climate Change (FastCo)
- S.F. Congestion Pricing Pause (GovTech)
- Affordable Housing on Shaky Ground (SFExaminer)
- Renovations at Muir Woods (SFChron)
- Future for Aerial Tramways? (Raconteur)
- Salaries of San Francisco Employees (SFChron)
- Commentary: A Recession Could Help Remote Work (SFChron)
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Fare Integration Takes One Step Forward, One Step Back
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The hope is that if a regionwide pass increases ridership without causing transit Armageddon, perhaps individual agencies will stop blocking and delaying real transit integration. Then the goals of S.B. 917 can be achieved via MTC--which is supposed to be the coordinating agency for Bay Area transit--without the legislation.
US Will Double Electric Bus Fleet (But It Will Still Be Tiny)
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Some of the money will go to supercharge the construction of green transit facilities and programs to train workers on new technologies, but federal officials emphasized that the vast majority will go towards the purchase of clean vehicles themselves.
New Models of Bicycle Advocacy
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A small sampling of the diverse tapestry of bicycle-powered change happening throughout California.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- What Happened to Congestion Pricing? (SFChron)
- Feds Advance High-Speed Rail (SFExaminer)
- More on Infrastructure Tsar, RAISE Grants (TTNews)
- Transit, Slow Streets, Parks Make S.F. Great to Visit (BizTraveler)
- Parents Worry Their Kids Will get Run Over by Reckless Drivers (Oaklandside)
- Air is Filthy Again, Officials Ask People to Limit Driving (SFChron, Berkeleyside)
- People Still Don’t Really Want to go Back to the Office (MarketWatch)
- SF’s Expensive Trash Cans (SFExaminer)
- Home Prices Cooling (SFGate)
- Letters: Pedestrians at Fault for Motorists Breaking Laws? (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Supervisor Aaron Peskin Argues CEQA is Great (48Hills)
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Advocates Work with San Leandro, Build Pop-up Protected Lanes
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Bike East Bay helps set up fully functional, if temporary, protected bike lanes in 24 hours.