How a Transit App for the Blind Could Revolutionize How Everyone Rides
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An app for people with visual impairments could help dismantle one of the steepest barriers that many Americans face.
Return to Sender: Postal Service Backtracks on Gas-Powered Truck Purchase
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The United States Postal Service — under fire from environmental groups — is no longer moving ahead with a plan to almost entirely replace its aging delivery fleet with gas-fueled trucks.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Central Subway Opening Delayed Again (SFChron)
- More on Planned New Caltrain Station (SFExaminer)
- S.F. Shuts Down 24th Street BART Plaza (SFChron)
- Hearings on Federal Rail Grants, EVs (SmartCities)
- Stanford’s Plan for Growth and Transportation (PaloAltoOnline)
- What to do in S.F. Tunnel Tops Park (EastBayTimes)
- Want more Trees? Take This Survey (Oaklandside)
- Why is this S.F. Condo Building Empty? (SFChron)
- New Stuff to do in San Francisco (NYTimes)
- Freeway Overpass Came out of Nowhere (SFChron, Berkeleyside)
- Letters: Free or Low Cost Transit? (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Save Slow Lake Street (RichmondReview)
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Four Factors Driving the Bus Operator Shortage (And What to Do About Them)
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Bus driver shortages are undermining transit agencies' efforts to recover from the pandemic. Here's what can be done.
STREETFILMS: Regardez Ces Pistes Impressionnantes Cyclables Parisiennes!
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Clarence Eckerson of our sister site, Streetfilms, went to Paris ... and all you got was a stunning three-minute video that reminds you how shitty New York City bike lanes compared to the City of Light.
Where Is California’s E-Bike Incentive Program? Part 2
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The California Air Resources Board was supposed to launch the program by July 1, but has not yet chosen an administrator
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Caltrain Tests Clearances of New Trains (SFGate, MassTransit)
- New Ferry Ticket System (KTVU)
- America’s Bus Driver Shortage (Bloomberg)
- Millbrae Sues HSR Authority Over Station Design (SFExaminer)
- Global Warming and the European Heat Wave (SFGate)
- But Biden Won’t Declare it an Emergency (SFGate)
- And Antioch Celebrates More Pavement, More Traffic, More CO2 (EastBayTimes)
- S.F.’s Downtown Revival Plan Needs More than Music (SFChron)
- West Oakland BART Housing Approved (SFChron)
- System Fails to Stop Dangerous Driver (Berkeleyside)
- Commentary: A Battle Over a City Block (SFChron)
- Commentary: Bullet Train Gets a Reprieve (CalMatters)
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De Young Says JFK Drive Closure Harms Attendance. Its Neighbors Don’t Have This Problem
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The Academy of Sciences and nearby gardens have all seen visitors return to near pre-COVID levels. So what’s not adding up?
What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate
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Federal regulators want local governments to track transportation sector emissions — but they can't do much to force communities to reduce those emissions, never mind doing so in ways that would address the other damages of car dependency, experts say.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Major BART Delays from Grass Fire (SFChron, EastBayTimes)
- Grant for Battery Electric Ferries (OffShore)
- The Future of Downtown S.F.? (SFChron)
- Affordable Housing Near Lake Merritt (SFChron)
- Absurdity of Public Comments on Housing (SFChron)
- More on Presidio Tunnel Park (BayAreaReporter)
- Feds Probe Tesla Autopilot Crashes (EastBayTimes)
- Oakley Cracks Down on Side Shows (EastBayTimes)
- Photos of the ‘Harlem of the West’ (SFExaminer)
- Documentaries on Climate Change (MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Rethink for Homelessness (SFExaminer)
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Page Street “Neighborhood Way” Project Mysteriously Put on Hold
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Has another street safety project been sabotaged?
This Week: Zoning, Biketivist, Session Fest
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Here is a list of events this week.