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Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 27, 2021 | No Comments

Review of High Speed Rail Budget Impasse (SFChron)
San Jose Gets $20 Million to Improve Transit, Emergency Services (SVBizTimes)
Mapping Downtown S.F.’s Bike Paths (SFChron)
No Charges Filed Against Driver who Killed Greg Knapp (SFGate)
Majority Support ‘Slow Streets’ (KRON4)
New Housing Coming to Mid-Market (SFChron)
More Problems with Tilting Tower (SFGate)
More on Zoning Laws, Sinking Tower (BizTimes)
YIMBY, SFMTA Allowing Charging Stations, Etc. (48Hills)
San Francisco’s Tree Coverage (SFChron)
Cable Car Gripman Takes Last Ride (SFChron)
Folsom Street Fair Returns (SFChron)

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National Landing in Northern Virginia, where the local business improvement district wants to convert an elevated highway that divides National Landing’s downtown into a walkable boulevard with narrower lanes and slower car speeds. Image: Sblover99/Wikipedia, CC

Op-Ed: Will States and Feds Let Cities Tame Urban Highways?

By Scott Beyer | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

Urban highways are a fixture of city life in the U.S. — but much of the time cities don’t control them. Could that change?

Talking Headways Podcast: The Community Knows What it Wants

By Jeff Wood | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Duncan Hwang, interim co-director of the Asian Pacific Network of Oregon, and Gauri Rajbaidya, architect and senior associate at SERA. They chat with us about community-driven development in Portland’s Jade District and how it's connected to the rest of the region.

Concrete curb-protected bike lane on Elston between Damen and Fullerton. Image: Google Maps

Who’s protecting and maintaining Chicago’s protected bike lanes?

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

Sadly, it seems that many bike lane obstructions are still going unaddressed, which can put people on bikes in danger.

A driverless bus in Bishop Ranch, California. Image: BishopRanch

Top Ten California Automated Vehicle Policy Strategies

By Mollie D’Agostino, Susan Shaheen and Daniel Sperling | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

Our team, at UC Davis and UC Berkeley, has developed a menu of options to set California on a path toward automated vehicle safety, social equity, mobility, and sustainability.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

Muni Riders Concerned Over Winter Service Proposals (SFBay)
HSR and Other Ambitions for the Infrastructure Bill (NYTimes)
Art Makes BART Look Icky (KQED)
More on Ferry Service’s Return to South S.F. (DailyJournal)
Why are Oakland Streets so Dangerous? (Oaklandside)
More on Feedback/Outreach on Car-Free J.F.K. (CBSLocal)
S.F.’s Planning Director (BizTimes)
New Building for Berkeley Skyline (SFChron)
S.F. Officials Object to Tesla’s Auto Pilot (AutoNews)
Letters: Tiny Cabins Could Solve Homelessness (SFChron)
Commentary: Recall is Over, Climate Crisis is Not (EastBayTimes)
Commentary: Housing Bills are Significant (EastBayTimes)

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Commentary: Traffic Engineers and DMVs Need to Learn from Aviation

By Tim Courtney | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

If you think Vision Zero can't be achieved just look up

An intersection in Baltimore. Image: Beyond DC, CC

Why Transit Planners Need to Talk About Public Health

By Kea Wilson | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

Baltimore is failing to deliver quality transit to the predominantly low-income neighborhoods of color that need it most, a new report from public health researchers argues — and the analysis they used to identify those areas could serve as template for other cities committed to mobility justice, too.