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Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments

New SFMTA Board Nom (SFBay)
More on J Church’s Return to Subway (SFExaminer)
More on San Francisco’s Climate Plan (SFExaminer)
‘Confusing’ Parklet Violations (SFChron)
Protected Bike Lanes Better for Business than Parking (Bloomberg)
More on Protected Bike Lane for Oak (NBCBayArea)
Memorial for Wilma Chan (SFChron)
Alameda Named Bike-Friendly Community (EastBayTimes)
Piedmont Safer Streets Plan (EastBayTimes)
More on Google Development Near San Jose Station (EastBayTimes)
Behind the High Cost of Infrastructure (Bloomberg)
Letters: Parklets Hurt Business and Just Generally Suck? (SFChron)

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VTA's design for a single, very deep bore through downtown San Jose. Image: BART

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Commentary: San Jose BART Extension Needs a Rethink

By Roger Rudick | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments

It's time to jettison the ill-advised, deep, single-bore plan for the new BART subway

Metro will building a new overpass to take Rosecrans Avenue over existing railroad tracks. Image via Metro study

Cal High-Speed Rail is Already Funding Lots of L.A. Transit

By Joe Linton | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments

New road/rail grade separation in Santa Fe Springs - plus updates on other L.A. projects to prepare for high-speed rail, including in North L.A. County

Free Passes For Boston’s Main Street Workers Boost Transit, Bluebikes Ridership

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments

Workers who got a $60 CharlieCard rode transit an average of 8.3 times during the first four weeks of the program, while workers with a smaller $5 CharlieCard took only 2 transit trips in the same period.

How road widening works. Cartoon via @BrentToderian Twitter

Can’t California Find a Better Way to Get to Vegas?

By Melanie Curry | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments

A 20-mile backup into Nevada most weekends translates to: California needs to widen that highway. That's a habit we need to break.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments

J Church Returning to Subway (SFChron, SFBay)
Muni Bayshore Bus First Express to Return in 2022 (SFBay)
BART Manager Dies in Bike Crash (EastBayTimes)
Funding Approved for Oak Street Protected Bike Lane (KRON4)
People Moving to San Francisco (SFChron)
Emeryville Exceeds Housing Goals (SFChron)
Transit Pop-Up Art (SFGate)
What to do if Someone is Passed out on Sidewalk? (SFGate)
Ode to Niles California (SFGate)
Commentary: Are Accessory Units Actually Helping? (SFExaminer)
Commentary: Housing Crisis is Near Hopeless (EastBayTimes)

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Caltrain poles and overhead wire over the tracks in San Jose. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Caltrain Electrification Price Tag Up by $100 Million

By Adina Levin | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

...delivery date still 2024

Smog over Los Angeles. Image: Metro Library, CC

Study: Drivers Responsible For Way More Ammonia Pollution Than Previously Thought

By Kea Wilson | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

Federal and state agencies may be underestimating the amount of dangerous ammonia emissions that cars pump into the atmosphere by as much as a factor of five, a new study finds — and maybe more in urban areas.

Who’s a Good Boy? Five Ways To Make Cities More Dog Friendly (Without the Car)

By Kea Wilson | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

People who live with dogs are more likely to own cars and drive them — which is big news even without us running lots of photos of Kea Wilson's dog!

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

More on Muni Train Mods (SFChron)
Caltrain Approves Electrification Cost Hike (DailyJournal)
Regs, Including Protecting Free Car Storage, May Ruin Parklets (SFChron)
Parklet Podcast (SFChron)
Wetland Restoration as Blueprint for Climate Change (SFChron)
Congestion Returns, But Downtowns Still Relatively Empty (Reuters)
Ignore Induced Demand, Just Keep Widening (SFGate, EastBayTimes)
New Laws in 2022 (SFChron)
Housing for Sparky’s Diner Location (Hoodline)
Letters: People Buy Gas Guzzlers, Whine About Gas Prices (EastBayTimes)
Commentary: But Berkeley Ferry Would Make it Harder for me to Drive to Windsurf! (Berkeleyside)

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Berlin’s Transformation Is Wunderbar: a San Francisco Transplant’s View

By Nik Kaestner | Dec 6, 2021 | No Comments

An urbanist moved from S.F. to Berlin last year. He reflects on how a progressive city can transform

Interior of a TriMet bus (in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area) with numerous seats marked by "Don't sit here" signs intended to encourage spatial-distancing (in accordance with a temporary 10-passenger limit for buses) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Image: Steve Morgan, CC

STUDY: Transit Agencies Are Planning a Radically Equitable COVID Recovery

By Kea Wilson | Dec 6, 2021 | No Comments

A staggering 88 percent of U.S. transit agencies expect that historically disenfranchised riders will be their primary customers as they recover from the pandemic, a new study finds.

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