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Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Jul 26, 2022 | No Comments

BART to Consider Reinstating Mask Mandate (KTVU)
SMART Ridership Boost (MarinIJ)
Humboldt Transit Gets Grant for Hydrogen Buses (HydrogenCentral)
Driver Kills a Pedestrian in Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
More on Golden Gate Park Adaptive Bikes (SFExaminer)
Sharrows: the Crappiest Bike Thing Ever Created (Denverite)
Air Quality is Bad Again (SFChron)
Oakland’s Giant Dog and Cat Statues (Oaklandside)
Turkeys Join War on Cars (SFGate)
Commentary: Music Composers and Climate Change (SFChron)
Commentary: Feds Need to Further Regulate Truck Emissions (TheIntell)

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I Was in a Crash. Posts May be Slow

By Roger Rudick | Jul 25, 2022 | No Comments

Output will be slow as Streetsblog SF editor recovers

Can Auto Enthusiasts Help Fight Car Dependency?

By Kea Wilson | Jul 25, 2022 | No Comments

A new video about the dangers of car dependency by a popular automotive vlogger is prompting a conversation about how people who love cars can help dismantle a transportation system that privileges autos above all else.

A Tesla Model S following a 2016 crash. Source: NTSB via Flickr

Opinion: Stop Trusting Elon Musk — on Tunnels, on Teslas, on Everything

By James Brasuell | Jul 25, 2022 | No Comments

Unfortunately, it needs to be said again: It’s time to set aside Musk’s BS and focus on solutions we know will work: reducing the negative externalities of driving by reducing vehicle miles traveled—not substituting one engine for another or replacing drivers with a computer.

An Uber drop off in the bike lane on Valencia in March 2020. Photo: Safelanes

Uber and Lyft Ridership May Be Faring Even Worse Than Transit

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 25, 2022 | No Comments

For all the bad news about Massachusetts' transit system this month, the state’s app-based ride-hailing companies are having an even harder year, with surging prices, moribund ridership, and an expensive legal blunder that sank an $18 million lobbying campaign.

This Week: SFBC Board, 16th Street, Golden Wheels

By Roger Rudick | Jul 25, 2022 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Jul 25, 2022 | No Comments

The Boxes Inside BART (SFGate)
Extreme Heat Adds to Mass Transit Woes (ClimateNews)
Hillary Ronen Defends Closing BART Station Plaza (SFStandard)
Students and Transportation Jobs (MercNews)
More on Post Pandemic Future for Downtown (SFExaminer)
More on Veto of “Fourplex” Legislation (SFStandard)
Killer Motorist with Multiple DUIs, and Driving on a Suspended License, Actually Charged with Murder (EastBayTimes)
Amtrak San Joaquins will run Special Event Train (ContraCostaHerald)
Families Saying ‘No’ to Cars (GoodHouseKeeping)
First Marathon Since COVID (SFChron)
When Emperor Norton Called for the Bay Bridge (NBCBayArea)
Commentary: The ‘New’ Post-COVID San Francisco (SFChron)

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A motorist taking the corner at West and MacArthur slowly and carefully, thanks to the new protected intersection. Nice, but Oakland needs to work on corners on all its streets. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

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More on Central Subway Fire and Delay (SFBay)
BART Delays on Antioch Line (SFGate, EastBayTimes)
Drop in Mask Wearing on BART (SFChron)
More on BART Ambassador Program (NextCity)
More on Bus Driver Shortage (Route50)
Berkeley PD Cites Unsafe Drivers (Berkeleyside)
Downtown Businesses Struggle to Hang on With Work from Home (CNBC)
Breed Vetoes Supes’ Attempt to Sidestep State Housing Density Requirements (SFChron)
SF Most Expensive City to Build in (SFChron)
SF is a ‘Failed City’ and ‘Greatest Destination’ Simultaneously? (SFChron)
Golden Gate Bridge NIMBYs (SFChron)
Commentary: Most Expensive Trash Cans in History (SFChron)