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Report: Bigger Bike Budgets Boost the Boom

By Aaron Short | Aug 25, 2021 | No Comments

The Biden administration should pour billions of dollars into a variety of bike projects because the investment will generate thousands of jobs while also obviously greening the way Americans get around, advocates said this week, citing a new report on the economic benefits of cycling investments.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Aug 25, 2021 | No Comments

VTA Hopes to Restore Rail by Sunday (CBSLocal, Trains)
Can Commuter Rail Make a Comeback? (GovTech)
Mobility vs. Transportation (GreenBiz)
Has World Passed ‘Peak Car’? (Grist)
Micromobility Grows Up (Fortune)
Riding in Waymo’s Autonomous Car (SFGate, TechCrunch)
Bay Area Apartment Construction Surged During COVID (EastBayTimes)
Are COVID Protocols Outdated? (SFChron)
S.F.’s Trash Can Prototypes (SFChron)
San Jose Mural (EastBayTimes)
Letters: Don’t Fine for Traffic Violations According to Net Worth (EastBayTimes)

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Vice President Joe Biden and then Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood riding Amtrak in 2011 while traveling from Washington, DC to Philadelphia, PA in 2011. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

Finish the Bullet Train, Say Past Transportation Secretaries

By Roger Rudick | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

Former Republican and Democratic transportation leaders agree: California and the rest of the U.S. needs high-speed rail

What the Prop. 22 Rollback Could Mean For Your State

By Kea Wilson | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

A California ruling that nullified e-taxi companies' ability to deny their workers basic employment protections is just the first step of a nationwide effort to undo such anti-labor laws.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

Fox News Host Gets Roasted Over S.F. Streets Comment (SFGate)
Why the U.S. Needs High-Speed Rail (GreenBiz)
Car Free Castro Street in Limbo (Hoodline)
No New Housing in Bernal (SFChron)
S.B. 10 Passes Assembly (DailyPost)
Residents Sue UC Berkeley to Stop Growth (Berkeleyside)
Illegal Dumping on Oakland Streets (SFChron)
Electric Robocabs Could Increase Emissions (HarvardLawToday)
Lack of Kids in San Francisco (SFChron)
Back to Isolation? (SFGate)
Literally Asleep at the Wheel (EastBayTimes)
Commentary: Myopic Housing Policies Burning Bay Area (SFChron)

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High School senior Pearl de la Motte entertains parking garage guests. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

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The de Young’s Underappreciated Underground Attraction

By Roger Rudick | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

No visitor to the de Young should miss this often forgotten San Francisco tourist attraction

There Is a Lot at Stake in Recall Election: Don’t Sit This One Out

By Streetsblog Editors | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

A new governor -- any new governor -- could really muck up things that are already mucked up

The New River Gorge in southern West Virginia is now a national park. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Take Amtrak to the Newest National Park

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

...But car-free tourists aren't getting much help from Amtrak and others in the New River Gorge region. A retired pharmacist and Streetsblog are trying to change that.

Amsterdam. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

OPINION: Seeing New York Through European Eyes Reveals Our Flaws

By Guillaume Rischard | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

In Europe, I used to cycle to most places. I was very surprised by the randomness and dangerousness of New York City’s bike lanes. Do the people who plan and build these lanes use them with their children?

This Week: SFBC Board, Fair Housing, 19th Polk

By Roger Rudick | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

$1 Billion Just to Plan Second Transbay Tunnel (RichmondStandard)
The State of Muni (KALW)
If Only there Were a BART Station at the Coliseum (SFChron)
Transit Deficits Still Loom (WSJ)
Caltrain Board Discusses New Governance (DailyJournal)
More on Money from Infrastructure Bill (DailyJournal)
Firefighters, Cops, SFMTA Workers, Must Report Vax Status (KTVU, Firehouse)
Walking S.F.’s District Borders (SFChron)
S.F.’s Indoor Vaccine Mandate (SFChron)
Crash Victim Demands Hayward Prioritize Safety (CBSLocal)
Barack Obama Boulevard Dedicated in San Jose (EastBayTimes)
Commentary: Imagine Free Buses and Trains (LATimes)

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A new Caltrain set imagined with BART livery. Stadler rendering altered by Clem Tillier

Adopt an Agency and Help Bring Integrated Transit

By Roger Rudick | Aug 20, 2021 | No Comments

Seamless Bay Area wants your help pushing transit operators to put the customer first

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