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Carol is an 80 year old who loves exploring Golden Gate Park and one of the interviewees in a new film. Image: Community Spaces SF

New Film Shows People Benefiting from Great Walkway, J.F.K. Promenade

By Roger Rudick | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

Filmmakers push back against false narrative that open spaces are for "elites"

Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark

By Jeff Wood | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, chats about the effects of the pandemic on office work and makes predictions about next year’s transportation policies and projects.

Rendering of Franklin Boulevard Complete Streets Project, Sacramento. Image: City of Sacramento

USDOT Tackles Overlooked Barriers to ‘Complete Streets’ — And Sparks Debate

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

No "complete streets" policy will truly be complete until federal agencies dismantle the structural barriers that make safe transportation networks so hard to build in the first place, new U.S. DOT guidance says.

Induced Demand Is Hard to Explain – But It’s Crucial to Get It

By Melanie Curry | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

For the last fifty years, road builders have tried to solve congestion by building more lanes, and it hasn't worked. Yet they still don't connect expanding capacity with increasing congestion.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

Protected Bike Lanes Finally Coming to Valencia? (SFStandard)
Truck Driver Kills Man on Scooter (MissionLocal)
More on Proposed Switch to Publicly Run Bikeshare (ABC7)
How Can S.F. Adapt to Climate Change (SFExaminer)
Google Calls Employees Back to Office (SFGate)
North American Cities with Highest Densities (NewGeography)
More on Muni Ballot Measure (SFBay)
On Forest Hill Station (SFGate)
Visitacion Valley’s First Landmarked Building (Hoodline)
Los Gatos Safety Improvements Move Forward (EastBayTimes)
Commentary: Stop Buying Oil, it Supports Despots (SFChron)

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A rendering of the Treasure Island ferry. Or maybe it's a real ferry. Streetsblog doesn't know. Image: Treasure Island Development Authority

Commentary: Treasure Island’s Phantom Ferry

By Roger Rudick | Mar 2, 2022 | No Comments

If you want proof that the Bay Area needs a network manager, try to ride the Treasure Island ferry.

For Pete’s Sake! Sec. Buttigieg Won’t Push Back on States that Ignore Equity, Climate Guidelines

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 2, 2022 | No Comments

The U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary doesn't look like he's up to fight GOP lawmakers over the Biden climate and systemic racism agenda.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Mar 2, 2022 | No Comments

SFMTA’s Mobile Van to Sell Transit Passes (MassTransit)
Treasure Island Ferry Launches (KTVU)
More on Seamless Transit Bill (Governing)
BART Reopens South Hayward Station (EastBayTimes)
Rendering of Fruitvale BART Housing Project (Hoodline)
Can New Housing Revive Mid Market? (SFChron)
More on Protecting the J.F.K. Promenade Rally (SFBay, KTVU)
Self-Driving Cars Now Collect Fares (SFExaminer)
Oil Companies Sue Over Biden’s Electric Car Push (Bloomberg)
Bernal Rock Painted to Support Ukraine (SFGate)
How Abraham Lincoln’s Railroad Vision Shaped California (SFChron)

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Advocates on the steps of S.F. City Hall demanding that J.F.K. promenade remain open to people (and closed to cut-through traffic). Photos Streetsblog/Rudick

Rally to Protect J.F.K. Promenade

By Roger Rudick | Mar 1, 2022 | No Comments

Some 100 advocates, policy makers, and others gathered on the steps of San Francisco City Hall Tuesday morning to demand an end to attempts to turn the J.F.K. promenade (previously known as J.F.K. Drive) in Golden Gate Park back into a high-traffic thruway.