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Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Oct 4, 2021 | No Comments

Rethinking Transportation (NYTimes)
More on BART’s “Link21” Plans (RailwayAge)
Funding and Vaccine Holdouts Threaten Muni Future (SFChron)
San Francisco’s Water Taxis (SFChron)
Making Cycling Safer in California (Sponsored-SFExaminer)
San Leandro 7-11 Store ‘Comes out of Nowhere’ (EastBayTimes)
Empty Offices Could Cost S.F. Tax Revenue (SFChron)
Tech Isn’t Leaving Bay Area (SFExaminer)
9,000 Homes by 2031? (Berkeleyside)
Were S.F.’s Mask Mandates Effective Against Delta? (SFGate)
Commentary: Improve Transit to Outer Sunset (SFChron)

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A section of concrete-protected bike lane on Milvia. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

Eyes on the Street: Ride on a Safer Milvia

By Roger Rudick | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

A substantial portion of a project to improve Milvia Street, from Blake to Hearst, is now complete

Road User Charge Pilot Extended

By Melanie Curry | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

Among the many, many bills recently signed by Governor Newsom is S.B. 339, an extension of a pilot program to test a road-user charge as a way to fund transportation.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

Caltrain Governance Talks (SMDailyJournal)
Muni Shutting Down at 6th Inning (SFChron)
House Focuses on Ferries (MarineLog)
Fatal ODs on BART (SFChron)
E-Bikes and Scooters Coming to Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
Free Books on a Bike (SFChron)
Housing Coming to People’s Park (Berkeleyside)
Paid, Driverless Rides Approved for San Francisco (CNBC, Verge)
Is COVID Finally Mostly Done in the Bay Area? (SFChron)
Bay Area’s COVID Rates Among Lowest in Nation (SFChron)
Commentary: Carbon Tax is Solution to Climate Change (SFChron)

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Bikes on a Light Rail Vehicle in Los Angeles. Photo: Nate Baird

Commentary: It’s Time to Allow Bikes on Muni Rail

By Roger Rudick | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

Every other rail operator in the state allows them... so why is Muni turning away potential customers?

Assemblymember Laura Friedman secured $10 million for Glendale's planned Garden River Bridge project. Rendering via city of Glendale

L.A. Politico Boasts About $15 million for Bike/Ped Project

By Joe Linton | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

Friedman was one of the electeds leading the charge to turn down $7 billion for green transportation statewide - then went to the press to celebrate $15 million for green transportation in her district

OPINION: E-bikes Could Become a Weapon Against Climate Change

By John Stout | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

Don't forget e-bikes!

Talking Headways Podcast: What We Can Do To Depave Cities

By Jeff Wood | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

This week on the podcast, we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire, associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois. McGuire talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental effects of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.