Another Quick Legislative Update: Traffic Safety and Housing Bills
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Appropriations Committees' Suspense Ends
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- The Future of Commuter Trains (NYTimes)
- San Jose Wants you to Ditch the Car (SJSpotlight)
- 49rs Fans Welcome VTA Light Rail (MercNews)
- More on Hydrogen Ferries (GovTech)
- More on BART Getting Federal Funds (SFExaminer)
- Congestion Pricing Works, But Drivers Don’t Like It (WSJ)
- S.F. Red Tape Stops Housing Project (SFChron)
- 80 Percent of S.F. Residents Vaccinated (SFGate)
- Restaurant Atop Sutro Tower (SFChron)
- Commentary: Breakdown of Law and Order on BART (CityJournal)
- Commentary: S.F.’s Lack of Children is Telling (SFChron)
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Analysis: Fed Support for Transit Would Increase Equity
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Public transportation is an affordable mobility option for residents of communities nationwide, but it’s too frequently underfunded. This results in low-quality service and low ridership. It also forces people with low incomes to buy cars and encourages increased carbon emissions.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Federal Grant for BART (KRON4)
- Politicians Talk of Climate Change, Do the Opposite (theFrisc)
- NIMBYs Block Efforts to Stop Global Warming (Grist)
- Next Wave of Smoke (SFGate, SFExaminer)
- How to Track Air Quality (SFChron)
- More on Oakley Motorist/Train Tragedy (EastBayTimes)
- 200 ‘Affordable’ Housing Units Coming to SoMa (SFChron)
- Agency that Clears Encampments (SFGate)
- Oakland to Mandate Vaccines for City Workers (SFChron)
- Flooding of Stern Grove (SFGate)
- Letters: Great Highway Closing Should Never Inconvenience Drivers (SFChron)
- Commentary: Set Speed Limits for Safety (SFBayTimes)
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Editorial: Train vs. Car ‘Accidents’ are Never Accidental
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Warning bells, flashing lights, loud horns, stop lines, gates... Wednesday's tragedy points to fundamental issues with how we educate and license drivers
Talking Headways Podcast: New Mobilities with Todd Litman
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This week we’re joined by Todd Litman, executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Litman discusses his book "New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies." We reframe the transportation investments we make, talk about sharing information, and discuss why air taxis might not be the future.
Reconciliation Bill Will Go Big on EVs, Still Won’t Meet Climate Goals
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The massive reconciliation bill under consideration in Congress would fall short of achieving our greenhouse gas reduction target — and the climate wins it does achieve would come disproportionately from consumer incentives for electric vehicles, rather than by shifting drivers out of cars.
America’s Most #ToxicCarAds Are Rolling In; Submit Yours Now
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Last week, we put out our initial call for nominations in our quest to find America's most aggressive, violent, and all-around toxic car commercials. We're still looking for your worst — but we thought some Streetsblog readers could use a little inspiration first.
New Illinois legislation is a step forward in reducing vulnerable road user deaths
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The legislation requires IDOT to conduct a traffic study following "the occurrence of any [crash] involving a pedestrian fatality that occurs at an intersection of a state highway."
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Climate Goals for S.F. Require Bold Action (SFExaminer)
- Where Do Workers Make Longest Commutes? (NYTimes)
- Powering Ferries with Hydrogen (SFExaminer)
- More on VTA Light Rail Reopening (SJSpotlight)
- Protected Bike Lanes for East Blithedale Avenue (MarinIJ)
- Millennium Tower Sinks More (SFGate)
- More Smoke for the Bay Area? (SFGate)
- Time for N-95 Masks for Smoke and Corona? (SFChron)
- People Still Moving into Areas at Risk from Drought and Fire (SFGate)
- Letters: Open the Debate on Autonomous Cars (SFChron)
- Commentary: Let Golden Gate Transit Operate SMART Train (MarinIJ)
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New Bike Lanes Added to Anza Street
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Is this really the best San Francisco can do in 2021?
Quick Legislative Update: “Light-Touch Density” and Permanent Slow Streets Move Ahead
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