Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- S.F. Transit Operators Under Quarantine (SFChron)
- Bay Area Art Needs Late Night Transit (SFChron)
- SMART Extension to Solano Studied (NorthBayBizJournal)
- More on Slow Lake Street (SFExaminer)
- San Jose’s Post Street Given Back to Cars (EastBayTimes)
- 2022 Promises Continued Climate Extremes (KQED)
- WIFI on SamTrans (KALW)
- Thoughts on Train Travel (BikePortland)
- Is Hunters Point Sick? (SFChron)
- Letters: BART Needs to Fix its Gates (EastBayTimes)
- Letters: Buses Can Solve Everything (SFChron)
- Commentary: Does the Tenderloin Need Help? Are you Kidding? (SFExaminer)
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NYC Mayor Takes Transit, Bikes to Get Around
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You know what's weird? A mayor not riding the subway or a bike to get around.
LA Metro Urges Legislators to Release $16.5B for Transit, HSR
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LA Metro says the budget surplus is a "golden opportunity" to improve important projects in the region's Long Range Transportation Plan
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Bike-Bus Takes Car-Free JFK (SFGate)
- Cable Car Service Resumes (CBSLocal)
- COVID at SFMTA Headquarters (SFChron)
- Tiburon Ferry Service Returns (MarinIJ)
- Berkeley Police Arrest Suspect in Crosswalk Hit and Run (Berkeleyside)
- S.F. Trailing in Recovery (SFExaminer)
- More on How Remote Work Could Remake American Cities (VOX)
- More on Mayor’s Tenderloin Plan (SFChron)
- Sacramento’s Budget Surplus (SFExaminer)
- Richmond San Rafael Bridge Pipeline May be Delayed (MarinIJ)
- Reckless Drivers Ignore Tahoe Snow Warnings (SFGate)
- Letters: I complain About Speeding, Police Never Come (EastBayTimes)
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Motorist Threatens to Run Over Families on Slow Lake Street
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2022 could be a nasty, rough year as the battle to end traffic violence continues
Op-Ed: Reimagining Walking Distance
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The infrastructure bill presents a great opportunity to make our towns and cities more walkable. But we must ensure that the money is used for building better pedestrian and bike infrastructure instead of wasted on highway expansion projects.
Transportation planning needs better language accessibility, and more coalition building
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In a field like planning, that is technical and political, and requires community participation, language accessibility is one necessary tool, but it does not guarantee that the voices of the community will have an impact.
Yes, Even Walmart Wants to Build Smaller Parking Lots
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At the peak of its parking investment, Walmart was building six parking spaces per thousand square feet of store. But that's changed.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Transit Agencies and Core Riders (Wired)
- Oakland’s Big Transportation and Street Stories for 2021 (Oaklandside)
- California Street Cable Car is Down (SFGate)
- What Bay Area Bridge Toll Hikes will Pay For (CBSLocal)
- Major Berkeley Stories for 2021, Including Removing Police from Traffic Stops (Berkeleyside)
- San Francisco’s Environmental Wish List (SFExaminer)
- South San Francisco Cites Induced Demand to Fight 101 Widening (DailyJournal)
- New Plan to Straighten Millennium Tower (RealDeal)
- Fighting Climate Change with Seaweed? (SFChron)
- Commentary: Broadband For Driverless Cars? (Forbes)
- Commentary: Mike Arnold Still Hates SMART Train (MarinIJ)
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Why Cycle Lanes Aren’t Responsible for Urban Congestion
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We know it's true, but it's nice to read an analysis about it, right?
Infrastructure Law Helps Fix Amtrak Funding Woes, Rail Exec. Tells House
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An infusion of $22 billion for Amtrak would allow the system to offer more reliable service, upgrade stations and work on its backlog of deferred maintenance.