Year In Review 2021: Now For the Good News
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This year was not a good one for big wins. But it may go down in history as a critical turning point for our national transportation future.
Caltrans’ Officially Embraces Complete Streets in All Projects
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"All transportation projects funded or overseen by Caltrans will provide comfortable, convenient, and connected complete streets facilities for people walking, biking, and taking transit or passenger rail unless an exception is documented and approved."
Year In Review 2021: The Bad News
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It's time for our year-in-review. Let's get the bad news out of the way first.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- 2022 Will be a Big Year for Muni (SFExaminer)
- How Transit Uses Twitter (SFChron)
- Exploring S.F. with Wheelchairs and Strollers (Fodors)
- Wednesday’s BART Delays (SFGate)
- Living Roofs and Walls (SFExaminer)
- DoorDashers are Distracted Drivers, Lawsuit Alleges (Berkeleyside)
- Letters: Manchin is Invested in Coal (SFChron)
- Letters: Don’t Let A’s Abuse Oakland (SFChron)
- Commentary: How Uber Takes no Responsibility for Anything (NYTimes)
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Happy Holidays from Streetsblog!
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Streetsblog S.F. will be publishing headlines and syndicating stories tomorrow, Dec. 23. Barring any huge breaking stories, Streetsblog will then be on hiatus until January 3, 2022. From the staff of Streetsblog, we wish you a happy holiday season. We look forward to seeing you all on the streets next year. In the meantime, if […]
Advocates Urge Federal Update of Flawed Crash Testing Standards That Discriminate by Gender
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Studies show that when they’re inside of a car at the time of a crash, women and people who were assigned female at birth are 17 percent more likely to die and 73 percent more likely to be seriously injured than a driver or passenger who was assigned male at birth who’s struck in the same conditions.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Central Subway Will Open in Sept. or Oct. 2022? (SFChron)
- More on Muni’s Finances (SFBay)
- COVID-Omicron Could Disrupt Transportation (SFChron)
- Slew of New Housing Projects Coming to S.F. (SFChron)
- Oakland to Apply for Homeless Grant (SFChron)
- More on Golden Gate Bridge Singing (GlobalConstruction)
- Community Park in Fremont to Replace Car Dealership (EastBayTimes)
- What S.F.’s Downtown Retail Looks Like Now (SFChron)
- New Matrix Film no Love Letter to S.F. (SFGate)
- Commentary: Comparing Tenderloin to Times Square (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: Business Leaders Need to Join Climate Change Fight… (Forbes)
- Commentary: …and Another Think Tanker Promotes Cars (Governing)
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Barrier Backstory on the Oakland Embarcadero
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There might be a chance to pull some good out of a frustrating, sad situation
For Your Holiday Viewing Pleasure: This Year’s Bicycle Film Festival
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Available for online screening from anywhere until January 9.
High-Speed Rail: Another Reason You Should Support Streetsblog’s Independent Journalism
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High Speed Rail. It’s a big topic at Streetsblog.
Boston’s ‘What the Tech’ Series Offers A Field Guide to the Gadgets on Our Streets
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Att the end of November, the City of Boston launched its new “What the Tech?” video series. And thanks to slick production values and social media buzz, the videos are reaching and engaging a wide audience in Boston and beyond.
California Seeks to Improve Wheelchair Service on Uber, Lyft
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This decision will in many ways benefit riders who rely on wheelchairs, although some advocates say it does not go far enough