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Three Reasons So Many Drivers Leave Pedestrians and Bicyclists to Die

By Kea Wilson | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

A spate of pedestrian and cyclists deaths at the hands of hit-and-run drivers in St. Louis is sparking a national conversation about the unique reasons why so many drivers leave their victims to die — and what it will take to stop them.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

Temps Slow BART, VTA (EastBayTimes1, EastBayTimes2)
BART’s Financial Ups and Downs (SFChron)
More on BART’s 50th (Oaklandside)
SFMTA Head Bullish on Downtown (SFExaminer)
Haight-Ashbury Rebounding (SFChron)
Car Brains Mad that a Bit of Battery Will be for Bikes (SFStandard)
One Project Betting on Downtown Office and Housing Recovery (SFChron)
Heat Wave Ending, but Now Bad Air Quality (SFChron)
Richmond District Cleanups (RichmondReview)
Letters: Electric Cars, Transit and Housing (SFChron)
Commentary: Transit and Housing Key to Fighting Global Warming (DailyCal)

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Paint and plastic posts in San Jose. Note the cyclist has sense enough to stay well clear of the motor vehicle lane on this garbage, unsafe design. Photo: SJDOT

San Jose Has Lost its Way on Safety

By Roger Rudick | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

A few years ago, San Jose was pioneering bold, Dutch-style, quick build infrastructure. Not anymore.

A map of Boston's current bike network and new infrastructure announced by the Wu administration on Tuesday. Bold orange lines indicate new protected bike lanes and yellow lines indicate new contraflow bike lanes on one-way streets. Dark blue lines indicate protected bike lane projects already in progress, like Tremont Street in the South End and south Mass. Ave.

Mayor Wu Plans Announcement on Boston’s Bike Network

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Michelle Wu’s press schedule for Tuesday includes “a press conference on Boston’s bike network and street safety at the Tobin Community Center” in Roxbury, according to the Mayor’s press office.

OPINION: The Real ‘Cash Grab’ Isn’t Congestion Pricing — It’s Car Culture

By Nicole A. Murray | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

It pays to remember who profits as complainants line up on central business district tolling.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

A Look Back at BART’s Opening Day (KQED)
How BART Has Changed Bay Area Life (SFChron)
BayPass Transit Pass Trial Begins (PressDemocrat)
Central Subway will Open ‘Soon’ (SFChron)
VTA Buses Overheating (CBSNews)
Heat Wave, Environmental Message from the Netherlands (SFExaminer, Axios)
Record Heat Wave Should Start Relenting (EastBayTimes)
Don’t Forget Japan’s Safe Streets (Bloomberg)
Motorist Hits Scooterist in Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
Finally, a Bill that Rewards People for Not Owning a Car (SmartCities)
History of One Form of Dangerous Driving: Sideshows (SFExaminer)
Retracing the Streets in Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’ (SFGate)

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One of many car-free streets in the Netherlands, Lange Elisabethstraat, Utrecht. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The Fietser Kings Come to San Francisco

By Roger Rudick | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments

A delegation of planners from the Netherlands, the grand masters of bike infrastructure, explain that it's about more than fiets (the Dutch word for bicycle)

Opinion: The E-Bike Is Not a ‘Monstrosity’; Car Culture Is

By Kea Wilson | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments

On Wednesday, Atlantic columnist Ian Bogost unleashed the full ire of bike Twitter with the publication of his essay, "The E-Bike is a Monstrosity." Streetsblog had some thoughts.

Legislative Wrap-Up: Bills on Bike and Ped Safety, Climate

By Melanie Curry | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments

The dust is still settling, and Newsom hasn't signed on the dotted line yet

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments

BART General Manager Q&A (SFChron)
What San Francisco can Learn from the Dutch (SFChron)
That Time Harvey Milk Said ‘Ban Cars’ (SFChron)
More on VTA’s Deeply Overbuilt BART Extension (Planetizen)
VTA Gives Free Rides to Cooling Centers (CBSNews)
Video Arcade at Powell BART (SFGate)
New York Poised to Lead on Congestion Pricing (Politico)
Uber Tries to get Riders to Oppose Congestion Pricing (Protocol)
Bills Removing Collectively Funded Private Car Storage (DanvilleSanRamon)
Downtown S.F. Suffering more than Oakland and San Jose (MercNews)
Ode to the Park Atop the Transit Center (SFChron)
Commentary: SMART Shows Way to California’s Future (SFChron)

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This Week: Go Dutch, Hunters Point, Driver’s Ed

By Roger Rudick | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

Driving is the New Smoking: Lessons From America’s Public Health Victory Over Tobacco

By Nick Sementelli | Sep 2, 2022 | No Comments

Smoking, once a celebrated totem of American culture, is increasingly an ostracized habit of the marginal few. Getting there, though, took deliberate vision, coordinated efforts, and persistent policy trial and error over decades — and those efforts reveal a partial roadmap for breaking our country’s similarly dangerous addiction to cars.

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