OPINION: Ordering Takeout? Stop Complaining and Look in the Mirror
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Entitled, app-using New Yorkers don't seem to understand their central role in creating unsafe streets.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- How Muni Has Recovered Riders (SFChron)
- More on Integrated Transit Bill (DailyJournal)
- Temp Transit Lanes Made Permanent (MassTransit)
- How the Ferry Building Almost Became a Skyscraper (SFChron)
- Burlingame Sets Goals for Transit, Housing (DailyJournal)
- VTA Workers Upset by Vaccine Mandate (SJSpotLight)
- Pedestrian Killed by Motorist Near Lake Merced ID’d (SFExaminer)
- Another Bill to Benefits ‘Quick Build’ Projects (SFExaminer)
- More on S.F. Assembly Candidates (CBSLocal)
- Concerns About Automated Vehicles (SmartCities)
- California Traffic Deaths on the Rise (KQED)
- History of Southern Pacific and California Trains (Trains)
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Legislation Promises Transit Integration for Bay Area
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Might Bay Area transit finally start to make sense?
L.A. Hit-and-Run Crash Highlights State Transpo Officials’ Disregard for Safety
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If Caltrans is serious about its professed commitment to safety, multi-modal transportation, and complete streets, it should take some kind of immediate action to fix the situation.
Bill Would Limit Freeway Expansions
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Maybe this is what it takes: Asm. Cristina Garcia's A.B. 1778 would prohibit the state from funding or permitting freeway expansions in "Environmental Justice" communities
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- SamTrans Caltrain Deal Rejected (DailyJournal)
- More on Passing of Bob Planthold (MissionLocal)
- Transit Use Down, Traffic Deaths Up (VerveTimes)
- More on Bike Protection Ripped Out on Milvia (Berkeleyside)
- Garbage Truck Driver Kills Woman in San Jose (SFGate)
- S.F.’s Next Homeless Housing Building (SFChron)
- Put Housing on Top of Strip Malls (FastCompany)
- Diamond Heights Housing Approved (BayAreaReporter)
- Court Upholds Density Bonus Law (SFChron)
- More on Oceans and Global Warming (Wired)
- San Francisco’s Windiest Street (SFGate)
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Berkeley Rips out Chunk of New Milvia Protected Bike Lanes
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No consultation, no warning... they just ripped out a protective island and curbs
Talking Headways Podcast: A Grassroots Bus-Network Redesign
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This week we feature a chat between Carlos Cruz-Casas, assistant director of Miami Dade County's Department of Transportation and Public Works, and Grace Perdomo, executive director of Miami's Transit Alliance, about the Better Bus Project, an advocacy-led, community-driven redesign of the Miami-Dade bus network.
End Parking Mandates, Get a Free Bus Pass
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Great programs like this one in Minnesota don’t happen when big parking lots are mandatory.
New Fed. Law Requires Some (But Not All!) States to Improve Bike/Walk Safety
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The new-and-slightly-reformed Highway Safety Improvement Program could represent a turning point on U.S. roads, at least in the states that are required to spend the money right.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Warm Springs BART Ped Bridge Opens (EastBayTimes)
- BART vs. Tree Branch (EastBayTimes)
- Where Assembly Candidates Stand on Housing, Climate Change (SFChron)
- Berkeley Merchants Aren’t On Board Telegraph Bus Lane (Berkeleyside)
- Has Cal Environmental Law Cleaned Air? (JPR)
- S.F. Has the Longest Housing Permit Process (SFExaminer)
- S.F.’s Rocket Ship Toilets (MissionLocal)
- Tesla Recall for Running Stop Signs (EastBayTimes)
- 100 Years of Tenderloin Headlines (SFChron)
- Commentary: New Bike Plan Should Treat Cyclists Better (Berkeleyside)
- Commentary: So Much for Environmental Justice in Oakland Port Plan (EastBayTimes)
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Editorial: Let’s Build Incomplete Streets
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The Bay Area's transportation agencies need to build a balanced transportation system, not new car lanes under the moniker of "complete streets"