KOMANOFF: Skyrocketing Gas Prices Won’t Unjam U.S. Roads
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Only a stiff congestion price can meaningfully cut traffic congestion. And only organizing can get us better transit and safe bicycling networks.
An update on Mexico City, an overlooked sustainable transportation innovator
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It's way past time for the urban planning world to stop overlooking the many successes of Latin American cities like Mexico City to find innovative ways to improve walking, biking, and transit.
London Imposes $16/Day Fee on Dirtiest Cars, And Sparks Debate Across the Pond
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Mayor Sadiq Khan leads again. Will the U.S. follow?
Chicago Auto Show producers sponsor contest that produces awful victim-blaming PSAs
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Recently Streetsblog contributor A.J. LaTrace discussed the absurdly large SUVs and pickup trucks on display at the Chicago Auto Show. These machines have massive blind spots that make it difficult to detect a child in front of the vehicle, and their absurdly high grilles that basically ensure that a struck pedestrian or bike rider will […]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- 13 Injured in Caltrain Crash (SFGate, CBSLocal)
- How Much Longer You’ll Have to Wear Mask on Muni, BART (SFChron, MercNews)
- Breaking Down California and Other U.S. HSR Projects (RailwayAge)
- Lateefah Simon Leaves BART Board (SFChron, SFGate, Berkeleyside)
- More on Transit Boost from High Gas Prices (Marketplace)
- More on BART’s Red Line Problem (Berkeleyside)
- How Parklets Evolved in San Francisco (FastCo)
- S.F. Tries Again at Affordable Senior Housing (SFExaminer)
- Open Space on the Peninsula (SFChron)
- Proposals for Suspending Gas Tax? (SFGate)
- Commentary: Don’t Subsidize SUV Drivers’ Gas (SFChron)
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Talking Headways Podcast: Development and Climate Action
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This week, Adie Tomer from Brookings talks about how transit-oriented development and active transportation play into climate strategies. We talk about mitigation versus adaptation strategies and what solutions work best for each.
California Keeps Building Freeways in a Climate Crisis
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A new report from the California Strategic Growth Council calls for the urgent need to shift the state’s transportation funding priorities away from highways and towards sustainable mobility.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- BART Hopes High Gas Prices Drive People Back to Transit (ABC7)
- BART Suspends Red Line (SFGate)
- SFMTA’s New Arrival Screens (MassTransit)
- Electric Ferry Service (DailyJournal)
- Commuting vs. Work from Home (SFChron)
- Mayor Breed’s State of the City (CBSLocal)
- Burlingame Looks to Reestablish Bike Share (DailyJournal)
- More on Gas Price Surge (Berkeleyside)
- San Francisco’s Newest Fire Station is All Wet (SFChron)
- Marin Destroyed its Electric Transit System (SFChron)
- ‘Russia’ Avenue Renamed ‘Ukraine’ (SFGate)
- Commentary: Keep San Francisco’s Hands off of Caltrain Management (DailyJournal)
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Commentary: No Gas-Tax Holiday for Oversize Trucks
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Tell me again why we all need to pay for your giant, jacked up truck?
Advocates to Biden: Car Dependence — Not Gas Prices — Is America’s Real Crisis
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The U.S. ban on Russian oil has sustainable transportation advocates urging leaders to take action before surging gas prices overwhelm American families — by giving them access to the active and shared transportation they have long needed.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- How Safe is Public Transit, COVID-wise? (KRON4)
- Women Environmentalists Saved Cable Cars (SFExaminer)
- Gas Prices Surge (SFGate)
- Drivers Look for Alternatives to Gas Guzzlers (NBCBayArea)
- Republicans Want Socialism for Gasoline (MarinIJ)
- Conservatory of Flowers and Japanese Tea Garden Will be Free for Residents (SFChron)
- Berkeley Residents Can Request Free Street Trees (Berkeleyside)
- Robots in the Park (SFChron)
- Oakland Updating Truck Parking Rules (Oaklandside)
- Letter: Let’s Pretend Again there’s No Parking Garage under Golden Gate Park (SFChron)
- Commentary: JFK Promenade Not Just for Young and Healthy (SFChron)
- Commentary: Will “Cars to Casas” Help Housing? (SFExaminer)
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Manchin Machinations Seem Promising for Bullet Train
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Federal funding picture remains in flux.