RAISE Grants Will Support Four California Transportation Projects
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A rural bike plan; a downtown bike, ped, transit improvement project; seismic bridge retrofits; and fixing a highway that will intersect with High Speed Rail.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Q&A With OakDOT’s Ryan Russo (Oaklandside)
- More Parklets and Slow Streets, Please (SFChron)
- Reducing Dangerous Left Turns (Forbes)
- City Driver Kills Pedestrian, S.F. Pays $2 Million (SFChron)
- Berkeley to Charge for Private Car Storage? (Berkeleyside)
- Bay Bridge Traffic is Back (EastBayTimes)
- Where Pollution is Worst in the Bay Area (SFChron)
- Mendocino County’s Skunk Train Expanding (SFGate)
- The Story of San Francisco’s Iconic Bay Windows (SFGate)
- Commentary: Housing Crisis is Political War (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Students, Take BART and Save Money (LosMedanosExperience)
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California, Cars and the Vision of a More Diverse Transportation Future
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Streetsblog S.F.'s editor does a loop around the state and notes all the progress--and lack thereof--in creating a more equitable transportation system
Please Support Streetsblog SF As We Move Ahead to 2022
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Even with the ongoing support of major foundations and our advertising program, nearly one-third of our operating funds comes from individual donors.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Retired Transit Workers Paid to Come Back (NYTimes)
- Update on Central Subway (BizTimes)
- How a BART Worker Saved Man’s Life (EastBayTimes)
- Driver Severely Injures Berkeley Cyclist (Berkeleyside)
- Driver Kills Cyclist in Moraga (EastBayTimes)
- Cities Rush to Limit Density (SFChron)
- San Francisco is 2nd Most Dense City in U.S. (SFChron)
- Bay Area Parks Popular (SFChron)
- Climate Change: Is Cal Going to Lose its Snow Pack? (SFChron)
- Commentary: Redistricting Could Split Ethnic Community (SFChron)
- Commentary: Affordable Housing or Parking Lots (SFExaminer)
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Op-ed: Zero Traffic Deaths in Oakland is an Empty Promise
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If cities want to achieve Vision Zero, first they have to take the pledge seriously
In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets
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Commercial interests have pushed pedestrianization in the city's core shopping areas — because it improves their bottom lines. That can be good for residents but it has downsides, too.
Advocates to Biden: There’s A Better Way to Address Rising Gas Prices
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Hint: give people more ways to get around that don't involve burning it.
Wisconsin Car Attack is an Example of Our Failure to Prevent Cars Being Used as Weapons
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Policy, culture, and environment create conditions that all too often permit such crimes — and by failing to address those conditions, advocates argue, we practically ensure that such atrocities will continue to happen.
This Week: Overlay Zones, Councilmember Bauters, Equity and High-Speed Rail
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Here is a list of events this week.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Bay Area Transportation Podcast (SFChron)
- Answers to Bay Area Transit Project Questions (SFChron)
- City Gives Car Owners Even More ‘Free’ Storage (SFChron)
- City Mulls Congestion Pricing (PotreroView)
- Lafayette Adopts Vision Zero (Patch)
- S.F. Updates Vision Zero (CitiesToday)
- San Mateo Looks at Autonomous Buses (DailyJournal)
- Vigil for VTA Shooting (SFChron)
- Will SMART Control Freight In House? (MarinIJ)
- S.F. in the 1960s (SFGate)
- Commentary: High-Speed Rail is Ticket to Cleaner Air (AirQualityMatters)
- Commentary: Wilma Chan’s Death Underscores Alameda’s Need for Safety (MercNews)
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Report: Talk of Climate-Focused Transit Is Empty When CA Still Prioritizes Investment in Automobility
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Note: The following article first appeared in Longbeachize. It is reprinted with their permission. The California Strategic Growth Council received its first draft of what has been a seven-month research endeavor examining California’s transit goals versus its actual achievements. The results are blunt: While politicians talk up climate-centric transit, statewide policies – even at the […]