State Agencies to Hold Joint Discussion on Equity
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This Thursday, a joint meeting on equity and fostering community leadership with California's transportation, air quality, and housing agencies.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Muni Chaos Not as Bad as Feared, Says Director (Heresay)
- More on Muni Reductions (SFChron)
- More on LINK 21/Second Transbay Tube (SFExaminer)
- More on BART Restrooms (EastBayTimes)
- Affordable Housing Where the Embarcadero Freeway Was (SFChron)
- The Stories of Oakland’s Homeless (SFChron)
- Street Cleaning Pilot App (SFExaminer)
- Bay Area Pavement Quality Unimproved (NBCBayArea)
- S.F.’s Garbage Monopoly (SFExaminer)
- Oakland A’s Might Relocate to Vegas Anyway (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Cap n’ Trade has Too Many Allowances (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Climate Change Drives Wildfires (EastBayTimes)
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More Paint and Another Death in Oakland
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How many people will die before DOTs stop pretending paint works?
LA Times’s Latest High-Speed Hypocrisy
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Latest article blames high-speed rail for every ill in the Central Valley from rodents to drug addiction
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- It Could Take a Decade for Transit to Fully Recover (Fortune)
- More on Muni Service Cutbacks (CBSLocal)
- Motorist Kills Scooter Rider in Oakland (SFGate)
- Bike Lane Options on Hopkins in Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
- More on Housing Project Stopped for an S.F. Parking Lot (SFChron)
- The Supes Who are the Housing Crisis (SFChron)
- Upgraded Tiny Homes at Lake Merritt (EastBayTimes)
- The Smallest Pollutant is the Biggest Problem (SFChron)
- S.F. Has an Image Problem (SFGate)
- Letters: The LRT Tracks Came out of Nowhere (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: S.F. Supes are Absurd on Housing (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: Cal Must Act Urgently on Climate (SFExaminer)
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This Week: Missing-Middle, Merge Transit, New Laws
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Here is a list of events this week.
US DOT Promises National Safe Systems Approach After Historic Death Surge
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The Department of Transportation is promising radical new changes to federal approach to roadway safety following a report that showed the largest six-month increase in roadway fatalities ever recorded by the agency.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Some Muni Routes Suspended (NBCBayArea)
- Does BART Need to Inspect Wheels and Axles? (WashPost)
- Free BART for Field Trips (RailwayAge)
- More on Muni Riders, Workers Demanding Return to Full Service (SFBay)
- New Ferry Service to Angel Island (SFChron, KTVU)
- Public Transportation is Key (Verge)
- Expanding Highways Grow Emissions (Quartz)
- Motorists Kill More and More People (CityLab)
- S.F. Streets to Get Speed Reductions (SFChron)
- Mask Mandates Loosening, But Still Required on Transit (SFChron)
- Letters: Let’s Give All Streets Back to Motorists (SFChron)
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Four Ways to Keep Kids Safe From Traffic Violence This Halloween
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Top health leaders are encouraging families to get outside and trick-or-treat for the first time since the pandemic began, but advocates are urging them not to ignore another public health threat that threatens kids every Halloween: traffic violence.
Talking Headways Podcast: Culture Is Designed Every Century
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This week we’re joined by Dutch architect Ton Venhoeven. We chat about Utrecht’s new tram station TOD, the difference between the 15 minute and Micro City, planning policy and its history in the Netherlands, and the future of cities.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Muni Workers Want All Service Restored (KRON4)
- Pressure to Restore Buses to Under-served Communities (ABC7)
- State Investigating Why S.F. Rejected Housing on a Parking Lot (SFChron)
- Supes Spark Furor Over Housing-vs-Parking Lot Vote (HeresayMedia)
- Climate $ in Biden Bill (NBCNews)
- Transportation and Logistical Check for Outside Lands (SFist)
- Tenderloin Clubs Show Hope (SFExaminer)
- How San Francisco Utilizes Rainwater (SFExaminer)
- Smoothing University Avenue to the Marina? (Berkeleyside)
- Commentary: BART Extension Needs Review (MercNews)
- Commentary: What “Duplex Law” Really Means (SJSpotlight)
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Commentary: Computer-Driven Trains Can’t Get COVID
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Even as Europeans extend the scope of automated trains, Bay Area leaves riders stranded because it won't exploit this revolutionary transit tool