Update on Possible Richmond-San Rafael Bike Closure
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Sometimes even when advocates win, they can't win. The lane may stay--but the approaches might be closed
New ‘Induced Demand’ Calculator
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A new calculator shows the real impacts of proposed highway expansions in their communities — and the experts behind the project hope that transportation agencies will someday be required to use it, too.
Op-Ed: The Tie Between Big Cars and Pedestrian Deaths
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A recent study added to the mountain of evidence that SUVs are worsening America's pedestrian death crisis. Eric Jaffe explores what to do about it.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- 10 ‘Major’ Bay Area Transportation Projects (SFChron)
- Muni Service May See Delays from Operators Who Refuse to Vax (SFChron)
- Why Did Newsom Veto Bill to Limit ‘Jaywalking’ Fines? (SFGate)
- Can Bay Area be Model for Housing Equity? (SFChron)
- And NIMBY Backlash Wins Again on Housing (SFChron)
- Tahoe Has a Housing Emergency? (SFGate)
- Plans to Change Name of Park (SFChron)
- Alameda County to Help Fund Billionaire’s Ballpark? (BizTimes)
- Solution to Fires: Don’t Build Wooden Homes? (SFGate)
- More Opposition to Freight Trains in Sonoma (PressDemocrat)
- Letter: How Dare City Try to Force me to Drive at a Safe Speed! (EastBayTimes)
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Why Painted Bike Lanes are Immoral, in One Video
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Leaving vulnerable road users in this kind of mortal danger is abhorrent and unacceptable. Officials who plan, approve, and install them need to do a gut check
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How To Stop a Highway
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Lessons from the frontline of the fight against a Texas highway expansion plan.
Op-Ed: Managing Our Streets Better Can Reduce Inequities In Our Cities
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How can curb pricing make cities safer, greener and more quitable? Sahar Shirazi of Nelson\Nygaard explores.
HOT TAKES: Four Views on Why Electric Trucks Won’t Save Us
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We are being sold a bill of goods, four authors argue.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Investments Needed for Transit (MassTransit)
- Mobility Justice and Rethinking Transit (Grist)
- San Jose BART Extension on Track (PleasantonWeekly)
- Freight Train Derails Near Port of Oakland (SFChron)
- Selling Air Rights Above City Hall (SFChron)
- Re-imagine Downtown S.F. (BizTimes)
- Haney Launches Assembly Campaign (48Hills)
- More on Uber/Lyft Bubble (SFExaminer)
- Could Rains Finally End Fire Season? (EastBayTimes)
- Beware of Slick Roads (SFChron)
- Cities with Worst Pollution (NYPost)
- Commentary: Can San Francisco be a Place for Everyone? (SFGate)
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Want to Use Less Oil? Stop Blocking Electrified Trains
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Italy Reaps High-Speed Benefits While CA Leaders Tweet Nonsense Letters to the Governor. Could this have something to do with big oil?
This Week: J Church, Muni Service, Carrying Things by Bike
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Here is a list of events this week.
Kerry Warns Budget Bill Delay Will Hold Global Climate Goals Hostage
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Centrist bickering over the size of the Democrats' budget reconciliation will have dire consequences for key international climate goals, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warns — and sustainable transportation priorities will be dealt a particularly hard blow.