Streetsblog San Francisco

• Muni Service on K, L, M Lines Down Yesterday Afternoon Until This Morning (SFGate, CBS 5)
• Muni Wires at Market and Van Ness Taken Down By Semi Truck (BCN via SF Appeal)
• Want to Try Your Hand At Running Muni? (HuffPo)
• Embarcadero Bike Death Plea Delayed to Allow Victim’s Husband to Speak in Court (SF Examiner)
• Planning Commission Nominee Cindy Wu Describes Possible Conflicts (SF Examiner)
• CA Legislature Approves Bill to Restore $248M in School Transportation Funding (STN, Mercury News)
• Caltrain Riders Protest Bid to Discontinue 8-Ride Discount Pass (Mercury News)
• Former BART Staffer Appointed by Gov. Brown to Chair CAHSRA Board (AP via SFGate)
• CAHSRA Tapped State Funds for Unusual Lobbying Contract (CoCo Times)
• Bird’s Eye View of the Diagonal Parklet on Noriega (Ocean Beach Bulletin)
• East Bay Airman, Just Back from Afghanistan, Killed in Arkansas Car Wreck (Mercury News)

• Plea Deal Likely in Embarcadero Bike-Ped Death Case (SF Examiner)
• Caltrain Riders Have Chance to Rail Against Cash Fare Hike (SF Examiner)
• New BART Cars Spark Outrage Over Cost And Outsourcing (HuffPo)
• SF Examiner Op-Ed: BART Revamp is An Opportunity Missed for Jobs
• 22nd Street Parklet Being Rebuilt (Uptown Almanac)
• Can Insurance Companies Influence Distracted Drivers? (GJEL)
• Student Dies After Being Hit by Driver While Skateboarding in Berkeley (CoCo Times)
• Road Repair Reveals Old Streetcar Tracks on California Street (Richmond SF)
• Loss of Funding for Sidewalk Means Santa Rosa School Can’t Open (Press Democrat)
• Mill Valley Schools Adopt Safe Routes as Permanent Policy (Marin IJ)

• SFBG: The Era of Free Parking in SF May Be Over, but MTA Has Some Bitter Pills to Swallow, Too
• Mail Truck Driver Badly Injures Woman on Bike in the Richmond (SFGate)
• Supervisors Campos, Wiener Picked as Chair, Vice Chair of SFCTA Board (City Insider)
• SFCTA Ponders Ways To Get High Speed Rail in SF More Quickly (SF Examiner, BCN via SF Appeal)
• BART More Than Doubles Number of Electronic Bike Lockers (Castro Valley Patch)
• SMART Tells North Sonoma County Train Fans to Keep the Faith (Press Democrat)
• Bay Bridge Demolition to Last Longer Than First Projected (SF Examiner)
• Public Transportation’s Hidden Gender Imbalance (Atlantic Cities)
• Today’s Urban Planners Explore How to Facilitate Pedestrian Desire Lines (The Economist)
• Ten Lessons From the World’s Great Biking Cities (Grist)

• SFMTA Delays SFPark Expansion in Potero/Dogpatch for More Outreach (SFGate, Mission Local)
• Townsend Street Car Parking Ample With Meters in Place (SFGate)
• SFPD Stopping Cyclists Running Red Lights on Market (Uptown Almanac)
• Diagonal Parklet on Noriega Street is Full of Life (San Franciscoize)
• KALW Interviews SF Bike Coalition’s Leah Shahum (Transpo Nation)
• Pedestrian Killed in Oakland Had Been Passenger in Car Impounded Earlier by Police (Alameda Patch)
• Homeless Advocate Arrested at Castro Plaza Protesting Proposed Laws (SFGate, BCN via SF Ex)
• Muir Woods Shuttle Fare is Heading Up (Marin IJ)
• SMART Repeal Effort Officially Fails, Clearing Way for Accelerated Construction (Press Democrat)
• Governor Brown Says Cap-and-Trade Fees Will Fund High-Speed Rail (SacBee)
• Governor Brown Announces CEQA Reforms (CP&DR)

• CCDC Community Planner Cindy Wu Nominated for Planning Commission (City Insider)
• SFPark to Hold Community Meeting Tonight for Dogpatch/Potrero Plans (SF Examiner, Mission Local)
• SFMTA Proposal Would Extend Transit Impact Development Fees to Residential Buildings (SF Examiner)
• Proposal Would Create a Permanent Taxi Medallion Sales Program at SFMTA (SF Examiner)
• San Francisco Sees a Renewed Push for Public Seating (The Bay Citizen)
• Water Taxis Could Hit Embarcadero Along With America’s Cup (SF Examiner)
• Valet Car Parking Set to Expand in the Mission (Mission Local)
• Baby Killed in Car Crash With Sacramento Light-Rail Train (SacBee)
• Petaluma Police Target the Victims in Pedestrian and Bicycle Sting  (Press Democrat)
• Pedestrian Killed by Driver Near Oakland Airport (CoCo Times)
• Matier and Ross: Building BART Cars Overseas Adds Insult to Cost (SFGate)
• SMART Opponents Fall Short on Signatures (Press Democrat)

• Alameda County’s Transportation Sales Tax Measure Approved by ACTC (CoCo Times)
• Muni Bus And Cab Collide Outside Hall Of Justice (SF Appeal)
• BART Board Approves $7.7 Million Retrofit Plan for Transbay Tube (CoCo Times)
• BART Reports Strong Financial Picture for First Quarter of Fiscal Year (SF Examiner)
• Dolores Park Designs Released (City Insider)
• Distracted Driver Looks Down at Lap, Lands Behind Bars (SF Examiner)
• Roadshow: An Elderly Man Seeks Help in Coping With Decision to Stop Driving (Mercury News)
• Toll Lanes Coming Soon to Hwys 237-880, but Drivers Fear They Will Make Congestion Worse (Merc)
• Signature Gathering Can Begin on Initiative to Repeal CA High-Speed Rail Project (SF Examiner)
• Cornell’s Rick Geddes on California HSR: The Right Project in the Wrong Place (NYT)

• Community Meeting Held on Plans to Redesign Fisherman’s Wharf (SFGate)
• More on San Francisco’s ITDP Sustainable Transportation Award (SF Examiner, Examiner.com)
• GJEL: More Taxis in San Francisco Equals Fewer Cars, Safer Streets
• Pedestrian Killed in Union City Hit-and-Run Identified (Mercury News)
• Authorities ID Fremont Couple Killed in Car Crash Monday (Mercury News)
• Santa Rosa Eighth-Grader Hit by Driver in Crosswalk, Escapes Serious Injury (Press Democrat)
• Parents Drop Suit Against City, Driver in Girl’s Rohnert Park Crosswalk Death (Press Democrat)
• SMART Repeal Backers Unsure if Signature Threshold Will Be Met (Press Democrat)
• What’s the Best Way To Get People On to Mass Transit? Make it pleasant? Or make it efficient? (Slate)

• SFMTA Postpones Board Action on SFPark Expansions in Potrero Hill, Mission Areas (Dogpatch Howler)
• “Are Residents Angry at Bureaucratic Bungling — or Just With the Loss of Free Street Parking?” (SFBG)
• SFPark Wins Sustainable Transportation Award From ITDP (Transpo Nation)
• Vancouver Considering SFPark-Style System (Vancouver Sun)
• SFMTA to Begin Work on JFK Drive Bikeway This Week (Bay Bikers Blog)
• SF Board of Supes, City Agencies Take Over Redevelopment Projects (City Insider)
• Supervisor Wiener Wants Hearings With SFMTA to Improve Taxi Industry (SF Examiner)
• Rail Work at Church and Market Streets to Affect Muni Service, Close Roads (SF Examiner)
• SFPD Touts 97 Percent Case Closure Rate on Muni Property Last Year (SF Examiner)
• Streetsblog SF Commenter Eric Fischer Creates Maps of Transit Demand Using Twitter Data (Fast Co.)
• State Auditor Blasts CA High-Speed Rail Plan (SacBee)
• Relatives Remember Slain San Rafael Pedestrian as Warm Family Man (Marin IJ)
• Santa Rosa Council Wants Maximum Fines For Handicap Parking Placard Fraud (Press Democrat)

• Proposed Castro Plaza Regulations Clear First Hurdle (City Insider)
• State Sues San Diego Over SB 375 Plan That May Promote Sprawl (Forbes)
• Fewer Teens Are Rushing to the DMV at 16 (Trib)
• Sacramento High School Plans Birthday Party for Student Killed by Driver (SacBee)
• VMT Fees? We’ll See What the Supreme Court Has to Say About That… (NYT)
• MTC Taking Nominations For Annual Transportation Excellence Awards (SF Examiner)
• The Flash Gets Schooled on Induced Demand (Planetizen)
• The State of Cycling: Alliance for Biking & Walking Releases ’2012 Benchmarking Report’ (Bike Portland)

• Muni Reports Fare Evasion Down (City Insider, SF Examiner)
• More on Muni’s 14L-Mission Extension to Daly City BART (SFGate)
• SFMTA Proposal Would Ban Campers From Parking Overnight on Some Streets (SF Examiner)
• The Bold Italic Meets the Designers of Some of San Francisco’s Parklets
• Plazas and Parklets the Latest Battleground in Homeless War (City Insider)
• Battle Brewing Over BART Extension to Livermore (The Bay Citizen)
• SMART System to Depend on Computer-Aided Routing (Press Democrat)
• Driver Injures Petaluma Man in Crosswalk (Press Democrat)
• Driver Kills Man in Hit-and-Run in Union City (Mercury News)
• San Jose: Driver Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter in DUI Pedestrian Death (Mercury News)
• Study on Pedestrian Deaths and Headphone Use Blames the Victim (T4America)

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