Q&A on Caltrans ‘Complete Streets’ Directive
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Caltrans' new Complete Streets policy directive has been met with interest, heavily tempered with skepticism.
This Week: Progressive Housing, Seamless Transit
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Here is a list of events this week.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- More on S.F. Lowering Speed Limits (SFChron, Hoodline)
- More on Fed Funding for Bay Area Transportation (DailyJournal)
- More on Link 21 Rail Plans (GoldCountyMedia)
- More on Newsom Encouraging Downtown Living (Fox5)
- Drop in Foot Traffic Since Omicron (ABC7)
- Working Remote Here to Stay (EastBayTimes)
- Getting Rid of Chinatown Ped Bridge (Hoodline)
- 22 San Francisco Things Everyone Should Do (SFChron)
- Letters: Higher Fees for Electric Vehicles (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: How to Avoid Going to Prison for Corruption in S.F. (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: Slow Streets are a Godsend for Seniors (SFChron)
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Automakers Compare Drivers to ‘Predators’
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A new viral Dodge seems like a new low for the notoriously toxic automaker — but it’s just the latest chapter in the company's promotion of the deadliest driving behaviors.
Notes from Medellín: Infrastructure Reduces Violence?
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A 2012 research project conducted in Medellín, Colombia examined the impact of the built environment on reducing violence and fostering societal trust.
New State Rule Would Force Suburbs to Legalize Thousands of New Apartments Near T Stops
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The Baker administration is gearing up to implement a new law that could force suburbs in the MBTA service area to reform zoning laws and legalize the construction of tens or even hundreds of thousands of new homes near MBTA stations across eastern Massachusetts.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- S.F. Reducing Speed Limits (SFGate)
- Open Streets Polarize S.F. (SFExaminer)
- Governor Talks Trains (EastBayTimes, SJSpotLight)
- BART’s Social Workers Helping (Security)
- Is Clipper Stealing People’s Money? (EastBayTimes)
- Motorists Poisoning the Air (SFGate)
- Hayward Streets Remain Deadly (EastBayTimes)
- That Light Pole Came out of Nowhere (SFGate)
- Breed Criticizes Supes for Talking About Homeless, then Opposing Housing (SFChron)
- New Map of Bay Area Trails (RichmondStandard)
- What Tourists Ask about S.F. (SFGate)
- Commentary: Put Berkeley Ferry Before Voters (Berkeleyside)
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Call to Action: Comment on Ashby/I-80 Widening
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Time is running out to comment on the environmental review of Alameda County and Caltran's Ashby/I-80 Interchange widening project.
Talking Headways Podcast: Why a City Is Not a Computer
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This week we’re joined by Shannon Mattern, professor of anthropology at the New School for Social Research, who talks with us about her new book, "A City is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences." We discuss the ideas of smartness versus wisdom, maintenance as a way of absorbing information, and the city as a processing machine.
Newsom’s “Gas Tax Inflation Adjustment Holiday”
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Newsom proposes to pause the scheduled gas tax adjustment for inflation this year. What good would that do - and what harm?
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- BART Trains to Run Until Midnight on Sunday (CBSLocal)
- Transit Grants for COVID Response (MassTransit)
- Most Energy Efficient Cities (NYTimes)
- Cities Ban Oil Drilling, but Keep Widening Roads and Burning Gasoline? (EastBayTimes)
- S.F. Expects 15% of Workforce to Remain Work-from-Home (SFChron)
- Newsom Housing Plan to Increase Downtown Living (LATimes)
- Why Traffic Crashes are Surging (EastBayTimes)
- New Mural for Golden Gate Park (SFExaminer)
- SFMTA Board Member’s Cancer Diagnosis (SFChron)
- Letters: Never Heard of Single-Use Zoning, Parking Minimums, and Other Massive Driving Subsidies/Incentives (NapaValleyRegister)
- Commentary: Protected Bike Lanes on Bon Air Bridge (MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Unfinished Bullet Train Would be Insult to Fresno (FresnoBee)
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Commentary: Ban Cars on JFK from the Panhandle to the Sea
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Supervisor Connie Chan wants 'compromise'? Okay, motorists can use Fulton, Lincoln and Crossover