Newsom Appoints Caltrans Head to Lead California State Transportation Agency
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Director Toks Omishakin Moves Up
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Mask Mandate Will Continue on Transit (SFChron)
- Review of BART Bathroom (SFGate)
- High-Speed Rail Costs Climb (EastBayTimes)
- Mapping S.F.’s Crosswalks (SFChron)
- Food Fight Over Great Walkway (SFChron)
- IKEA Starts Construction on Mid-Market Mall (SFChron)
- More on Vacant Home Tax (SFChron)
- 25-Story High-rise for Berkeley? (Berkeleyside)
- Woodside NIMBYs Admit it Wasn’t About Mountain Lions (SFGate)
- Jack London’s Historic Produce Market (Berkeleyside)
- Pod People Invent Small Trains Again (CBSLocal)
- Vets Get Free Entrance to Bay Area Park Attractions (SFExaminer)
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Feds: Megacar Owners Actually Drove More In 2020 Than 2019
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The owners of the largest passenger cars on the road actually drove more in 2020 than they did in 2019, according to new data that can also explain why road deaths surged so sharply during the early days of the pandemic.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- How Omicron Hurt Muni (SFChron)
- How Omicron Hurt BART (EastBayTimes)
- More on Law to Streamline Transit, Bike Lane Construction (SFChron)
- Tiburon’s Expanded Ferry Service (MarinIJ)
- Q&A With S.F. Transit Riders’ Thea Selby (SFPublicPress)
- Tenderloin’s Lack of Open Space (SFExaminer)
- Rats Infest S.F. Playground (SFGate, Hoodline)
- Sorry, Can’t Use Mountain Lions to Avoid Building Housing (SFChron)
- Howard Terminal Key to Nation’s Supply Chain Issue (SFGate)
- When San Francisco Streetcars were Segregated (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: S.F. Can Become a Model for Climate Goals (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: Cities Attempt to Thwart Housing Laws (EastBayTimes)
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Bill Would Extend Environmental Exemption for Bike, Walk, Transit Projects
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S.B. 288's temporary CEQA exemption, having proving useful, would be made permanent
Caltrain Governance Negotiations Inch Forward
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The Caltrain board inched forward in painstaking negotiations on 3-county governance at its meeting on Thursday.
This Week: Transportation Funding, Build Back Better, Volunteer Night
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Here is a list of events this week.
Does America Need a ‘Mobility Bill of Rights’?
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And more important: what should be included in it?
Legacy of Rosa Parks celebrated at Transit Equity Day event, riders union launch
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"Investments in public transportation contribute to economic opportunity for Black and Brown working people.”
How the U.S. Transportation System Fuels Inequality
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Transportation policies prioritizing private vehicle use leave the poor and people of color behind.
STUDY: Automatic Braking Doesn’t Work Well on Dark Streets
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And that's where more than one-third of all walking deaths currently happen.