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What the Inflation Reduction Act Will — And Won’t — Do For Sustainable Transportation

By Yonah Freemark | Sep 23, 2022 | No Comments

The Inflation Reduction Act is expected to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by channeling funding through tax credits, loans, and grants — but it's not a silver bullet.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 23, 2022 | No Comments

BART Ending Mask Mandate Next Month (EastBayTimes, CBS, LATimes)
More on Service Starting on Central Subway (RailwayAge, KALW, ProgressiveRailroading)
Plan to Interline L Taraval and K Ingleside (SFStandard)
Federal Bill Would Fund More Ferries (DailyRepublic)
More than 200 Cyclists Doored (MissionLocal)
Plans for Lake Merritt to South Hayward Greenway (Oaklandside)
Critical Mass at 30 (SFExaminer)
Parking Reform is Essential for the Climate (Bloomberg, SFChron)
What End of Single Family Zoning Could Mean (Berkeleyside)
Self-Driving Car Benefits and Perils (SmartCitiesDive)
Ask a Cable Car Gripman (SFChron)
Letters: Induced Demand? I’ll Just Pretend that Doesn’t Exist (RichmondReview)

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Mayor London Breed in 2018. She has ordered a sweeping review of SF’s Slow Streets program, which could reveal how willing the city is to remake itself to meet climate, transit, and street safety goals.

SF Streets At a Crossroads: One Route Leads to Fewer Cars, Another to the Same Old Traffic

By Kristi Coale | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Breed says COVID slow streets must ‘evolve.’ Next month brings a key debate on matching our roadways to climate and safety pledges.

Talking Headways Podcast: How Walkable Cities Foster Public Health

By Jeff Wood | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

Why having shopping destinations and an interconnected street network keep people active and alive.

Op-Ed: To Heal Historic Highway Harms, Sec. Buttigieg Needs Bold Thinking

By Ben Crowther | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

Entrenched state departments of transportation dedicated to highway building threaten to capture Reconnecting Communities grant funds to continue harm — not undo it.

Mayor Jim Brainerd, with a friend. Main photo: JimBrainerd.Com

‘We Couldn’t Take A Roundabout Out if We Wanted To’: An Interview with Jim Brainerd, Mayor of Carmel, Ind.

By Kea Wilson | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

The Indianapolis suburb of Carmel has become internationally famous for its commitment to a hotly-debated traffic safety intervention known as the "roundabout." It wasn't always that way, though — until Mayor Jim Brainerd came along.

This stretch of I-375 is like a scar in Detroit. The Biden administration is encouraging change.

Feds Finally Using Highway Money to Tear Down Highways

By Aaron Short | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

“This stretch of I-375 cuts like a gash through the neighborhood, one of many examples I have seen in communities across the country where a piece of infrastructure has become a barrier,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

Are Bay Area Transit Agencies Putting Customer First? (SFChron)
Renderings of BART Second Tube (SFChron, SFExaminer)
More on Central Subway Opening (SFGate)
Therese McMillan Resigning from MTC (MassTransit)
Free Ferry Rides Oct. 5 (AlamedaPost)
Analysis of High-Injury Network (SFStandard)
Cruise Exec Says Cars May Never be Fully Autonomous (SlashGear)
Antioch Child Hit by Impatient Motorist is Taken off Life Support (EastBayTimes)
Riding Amtrak Between Oakland and L.A. (EastBayTimes)
Who Will be Oakland’s Next Mayor? (SFChron)
San Rafael Advances “Streetery” Regs (MarinIJ)

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If you can't imagine this intersection being more hostile to cyclists and pedestrians, don't worry--Caltrans is going to make it even worse. Image: Google maps

Central Subway Will Open in November (SFExaminer, SFChron)
Valencia Bike Plan Gets Hammered (SFExaminer)
More on S.F. Sidewalk Riding Tech/Condition for Scooters (Route50)
Person Walks onto North Berkeley BART Tracks (Berkeleyside)
NTSB Thinks About Making Cars Safer (SFGate)
Japantown’s Peace Plaza (SFExaminer)
More on New A’s Ballpark (SFChron)
VTA Bus Driver Will be Banned from Owning a Gun for One Year? (EastBayTimes)
1925 Ferry Returns to San Francisco (SFChron)
Abandoned Cars Cause Blight, Crime in Oakland (Governing)
Dreamforce Expected to Bring Gridlock (SFGate)
Commentary: Vote “Yes” on Prop N, Let City Control Golden Gate Park Garage (SFChron)

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What the Inflation Reduction Act Will — And Won’t — Do For Sustainable Transportation

Today’s Headlines

SF Streets At a Crossroads: One Route Leads to Fewer Cars, Another to the Same Old Traffic

Talking Headways Podcast: How Walkable Cities Foster Public Health

Op-Ed: To Heal Historic Highway Harms, Sec. Buttigieg Needs Bold Thinking

‘We Couldn’t Take A Roundabout Out if We Wanted To’: An Interview with Jim Brainerd, Mayor of Carmel, Ind.

Feds Finally Using Highway Money to Tear Down Highways

Today’s Headlines

Caltrans Continues Widening, This Time with South San Francisco

Four Reasons Not to Celebrate NHTSA’s New Fatality Numbers

Data: Uber and Lyft Drivers Involved in 1,000+ Crashes in Boston Last Year

Today’s Headlines