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Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

Delivery Workers to get Free E-Bikes (SFExaminer)
Last Minute Voting Advice (EastBayTimes)
More on Valley Link (RailwayAge)
Gas Nears $10 a Gallon in California, Continue to Rise Nationally (CNET, SFExaminer)
Cities with the Biggest Growth (Forbes)
S.F. Starts Another Office Building? (SFChron)
More on Driverless Taxis Going Live (SmithsonianMagazine)
When the Bay Bridge Opened in 1936 (SFChron)
When S.F. Discovered Double Decker Buses (SFChron)
Letters: HAWK Lights are Confusing (EastBayTimes)
Commentary: State Needs to Get Serious About Funding Rail (MarinIJ)

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Ryan Russo displaying a going-away gift at his farewell party--a street party of course. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Q&A with Ryan Russo, Outgoing Head of Oakland DOT

By Roger Rudick | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

Russo leaves OakDOT in two weeks

New Bill Would Create an Incentive to Go Car-Free in California

By Melanie Curry | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

Bill from Senator Portantino would offer a tax credit to people who do not own cars

The 3 Secret Ingredients To Building Bike Networks Fast

By Kea Wilson | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

A handful of cities across America are building out bike lane networks faster than ever before — and the secret ingredient isn't concrete and paint, but strong partnerships and even stronger public messaging, a new analysis argued.

This Week: CEQA, Beginning Cyclists, Vigil for Jonathan Waters

By Roger Rudick | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

No Charges for Driver Who Killed Cyclist in Oakland (SFChron)
Muni to Resume More Bus Routes (SFGate)
Update on Muni Forward Program (MassTransit)
VTA Board Fights Reorganization (SJSpotlight)
If Last Call is Extended, What About Transportation? (NBCBayArea)
More on California Allowing Driverless Taxis (Guardian)
Will S.F.’s Climate Plan Happen? (48Hills)
Is Biden’s Climate Agenda in Shambles? (Politico, SFGate)
Twilight of the Bay Area NIMBY (SFGate)
More on Alameda County Reinstating Mask Mandate (NYTimes)
Feds Announce TOD Planning Grants (ProgressiveRailroading)
Commentary: Examiner Endorses Measure A, Muni Bond (SFExaminer)

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A flyer by a group opposed to dense housing at BART stations featured this photo illustration, with huge buildings towering over the flattened houses surrounding the station, and immense shadows... at sunrise?

Berkeley Approves Zoning for BART Station Housing

By Melanie Curry | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

The new TOD zone will allow up to 2,400 units of housing to be built at the two large BART station parking lots within the city limits. Next steps: develop and build the housing.

The J Church from 2018. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Vote ‘Yes’ for Transit You can Depend On

By Zack Deutsch-Gross, Jodie Medeiros and Janelle Wong | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

San Francisco's major advocacy groups make a final pitch for funding Muni

Study: Cycling is 10x More Important Than Electric Cars For Reaching Net Zero

By Christian Brand | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. [Editor’s note: in the U.S., it’s roughly one in 17.] Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world’s fossil fuel car fleet.

Air Board Seeks Comments on Climate Scoping Plan; Shoup Urges a Look at Parking

By Melanie Curry | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

Enforcing existing parking subsidy law is one simple, overlooked strategy that could help reduce fossil fuel use, says Professor Donald Shoup

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

What’s Inside the Central Subway? (SFChron)
Berkeley Approves Seven Stories for BART Station Developments (Berkeleyside)
Should Transit Boards be Elected? (NextCity)
Lawsuit Looms Over HSR, Housing Development in Millbrae (DailyJournal)
Former Alameda Supe Sets Himself up as ‘Consultant’ on Valley Link (MercNews)
Driverless Car Companies Cleared to Start Charging (TechCrunch, Reuters)
Alameda County Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate (EastBayTimes, SFGate, LATimes)
Sidewalk Delivery Robots and Equity Concerns (SJSpotlight)
Berkeley Measures for Affordable Housing, Paving Streets (Berkeleyside)
More Pushback Against A’s Ballpark Proposal (SFChron)
Commentary: We’ve Got to Stop Putting Parking Everywhere (NYTimes)
Commentary: How to Force Big Oil to Pay Costs of its Product (SFChron)

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Octavia and Oak, where a unicyclist died Wed. morning. Note the gentle sweeping curb to facilitate speed (which multiple motorists still managed to crash into) Image: Google Maps

Motorists Kill Two Cyclists and a Pedestrian as Carnage Continues in Oakland, S.F.

By Roger Rudick | Jun 2, 2022 | No Comments

Officials in the Bay Area think by using inexpensive plastic and paint (and sometimes gently curving, concrete curbs) they're designing streets to keep everybody safe, motorists included. But what they're really doing is transferring the consequences of reckless driving from the perpetrators to everyone else. These past few weeks we've seen the tragic results.

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