Streetsblog San Francisco » Today’s Headlines http://sf.streetsblog.org Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:19:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Today’s Headlines http://sf.streetsblog.org/2012/02/10/todays-headlines-742/ http://sf.streetsblog.org/2012/02/10/todays-headlines-742/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:42:46 +0000 Aaron Bialick http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=278620 [...]]]>
  • Attorney: Muni, Not Bus Driver, At Fault in Emily Dunn’s Death (KTVU, City Insider)
  • Muni Wants More Cameras to Catch Drivers in Bus Lanes (SFGate, SF Examiner)
  • N-Judah to Be Shut Down For Six Consecutive Weekends (SF Examiner)
  • Driver Somehow Ends Up With Car in Water at Ocean Beach (Mercury News)
  • Should People on Bikes Get a Head Start at Busy Intersections? (GJEL)
  • BART Police Ramp Up Efforts To Catch Bike Thieves (CBS 5)
  • SacBee Explores Why Bike Commuters Bike in Sacramento
  • Oakland, Berkeley Eye Law Forbidding PCOs to Write Parking Tickets if Driver is Present (SFGate)
  • Express Lanes Will Be Added to Six Freeway Stretches (ABC 7)
  • BART Approves Plan to Study Shortened Livermore Extension (SF Examiner)
  • Bay Citizen‘s Scott James Covers the Backlash Against SFPark’s Mission Bay Plan

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  • Aging BART Car Maintenance Requiring 24-Hour Operation (CBS 5)
  • Firm Say Billboards Could Earn BART Up to $10 Million a Year (SF Examiner)
  • Hybrid Taxis Exceed Emissions Goal (SF Examiner)
  • SF Weekly Editor Not Concerned About Hyperbole or Drivers Who Kill in Condemning Embarcadero Cyclist
  • SFPD Posts Video of Mission Bike Thief (Mission Local)
  • Muni Driver Attacked by Man With Cane in Mission (CoCo Times)
  • Bay Bridge to Open on Labor Day 2013 (City Insider)
  • More Bay Area Express Lanes to Offer Toll Access (SFGate)
  • Highway 37 in Sonoma Sees 31-Vehicle Pile-Up (CoCo Times)
  • Driver Injures Bicycle Rider in Unincorporated Walnut Creek (Mercury News)

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  • Driver Injures Man on Bike at Hwy 80 Offramp at Fifth and Harrison Streets (SFGate)
  • More on the SFMTA Bicycle Count Report (SF Examiner, BCN via Bay Citizen)
  • More on the Second Street Funding Diversion (SF Examiner)
  • SFMTA Director Joél Ramos: Parking Pricing Crucial to Funding Muni Service (City Insider)
  • East Bay BRT EIR Released For Public Review, Community Meetings Planned (AC Transit)
  • SFMTA Looks to Issue 50 New Part-Time Taxi Permits (CBS 5)
  • Bike Thefts Bedevil BART Commuters (SFGate)
  • UC Davis Student Brennan Morrow 19, Killed by Driver (SacBee)

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  • City CarShare to Pilot Electric Rental Bikes in SF and Berkeley This Year (NYT Green Blog, KTVU)
  • BART to Vote on Whether to Conduct EIR For Livermore Extension (SF Examiner)
  • Three Injured In Car Crash on Geary Boulevard (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • State Legislation Takes Aim at Regulating “Buy Here Pay Here” Car Dealerships (Streetsblog LA)
  • “Red Light Cameras Boost Coffers, Rile Drivers” (SFGate)
  • Muni to Add E-Embarcadero Streetcar Line for America’s Cup (GG Express)
  • OpenPlans/Streetsblog Founder Mark Gorton to India: Don’t Let Cars Overrun Your Cities (Times of India)
  • Why Planners Need to Take Agenda 21 Criticism More Seriously (Atlantic Cities)
  • Agencies Acramble to Fill Funding Gap on $1.1B Doyle Drive Project (Marin IJ)
  • Concord Woman Run Over in Her Own Driveway Dies (KTVU)

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  • Driver Kills David Hanna, 27, On Hwy 280 in Daly City (BCN via SF Examiner, BCN via NBC)
  • Driver Suspected of DUI After Hitting Woman on Bike in Petaluma (Press Democrat)
  • Man Who Drove Into Muni Tunnel Last Month Pleads Not Guilty To DUI Charges (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • Neighbors Adopt Street Corners to Help SFMTA Improve Pedestrian Safety (SF Examiner)
  • Salon Asks: Should It Take Decades to Build a Subway?
  • City to Start Spending $248M Street Repaving Bond, Starting With 17th Street (ABC 7)
  • SF’s Parking Meter Costs Among the Highest (City Insider)
  • America’s Cup People Plan Up for Vote at SFMTA Board (SF Examiner)
  • Taxicab Hearings Held to Work Toward Fixing Problems in SF (SF Examiner)

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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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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  • UCSF Shuttle Driver Charged in Kevin Mack’s Death (SF Examiner, BCN via Appeal)
  • Drunk Driver Who Crashed in Muni Tunnel Arrested (Bay Citizen, CBS News)
  • Skateboarder Killed by Truck Driver After Running Red, Hitting Bump in Tenderloin (SFGate)
  • Driver Seriously Injuries 61-Year-Old Woman in Crosswalk at Fulton and 37th Ave. (BCN via SF Appeal)
  • Powell Street BART Station Facelift Continues (SFGate)
  • Op-Ed: Market Street Is No Place for Cars (Huffington Post)
  • Streets in the Mission Set for Repaving, Business Owners Worry About Parking Loss (Mission Local)
  • GJEL Attorneys Does a Web Chat With Heads of Walk SF and California Walks
  • Ocean Beach Plan, Including G. Highway Road Diet, Could Get State Grant (Ocean Beach Bulletin)
  • SFO Airport Bike Lanes to Get Improvements (Holier Than You)

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  • Muni Operator Charged With Manslaughter For Killing Emily Dunn (Bay Citizen, SF Examiner, SFGate)
  • Muni Metro Snarled This Morning by SUV Driver in Duboce Muni Tunnel (SF Examiner, BCN via Mercury)
  • SFMTA Touts Installation of 15 New Bike Corrals Last Year (SF Examiner, City Insider)
  • Muni 14L-Mission Line to Extend to Daly City BART Starting Monday (SF Examiner, SF Appeal)
  • New Third-Party Phone App Provides Voice Guidance to Parking Sports Using SFPark (ABC 7)
  • Biking in LA Highlights the Online Debate With CABO on Protected Bikeway Bill
  • Woman on Bicycle Hit by Driver in North Livermore (CoCo Times)
  • SUV Used as Weapon in Suspected Gang-Related Hit-and-Run in Rohnert Park (Press Democrat)
  • Gov. Brown Lashes Out at High-Speed Rail Foes in State of the State Address (CoCo Times)
  • Central Subway on Verge of Securing Federal Funding Grant (SF Examiner, SFGate)

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  • People’s Plan Calls for Improvements to Transit, Bike Share (SFGate)
  • Muni Retirees Ask Union to Settle Old Debt (SF Examiner)
  • Diagonal-Space Parklet to Premiere in Outer Sunset on Saturday (SFGate)
  • San Francisco is City With Largest Market for Bicycles in America (Pricenomics, Bike Portland)
  • Bike Theft Victim Offers Reward for “Ass Kicking” of “Scum Bag” Thief (SF Weekly)
  • Martinez to Try Out Parking Meters That Accept Credit and Debit Cards (Mercury News)
  • SMART Backers, Detractors Face Off Over Signature-Gathering Effort (Marin IJ)
  • The 8 to 80 Problem: Designing Cities for Young and Old (Atlantic Cities)
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  • SFPD Chief Greg Suhr Helps Bicyclist Who Apparently Ran Into Car (Mercury News, SFGate)
  • SFMTA Developing Policy for Removing Troublesome Muni Shelters (SF Examiner)
  • N-Judah Becomes Most Frequently-Troubled Muni Line (SF Examiner)
  • Spain’s High-Speed Rail System Offers Lessons for California (SacBee)
  • Op-Ed: BART, High-Speed Rail “Lack Credibility” (CoCo Times)
  • Transit Agencies Struggle to Accommodate Increasing Girth of American Passengers (NYT)
  • Increased Ferry, Bus Service Planned During Doyle Drive Closure (CBS 5)
  • Cities Struggle With Ending Redevelopment Agencies (SFGate)
  • Mission Bay Shows What Could Be Lost With End of Redevelopment (SFGate)
  • More on Neighborhood Opposition to SFPark’s Mission Bay Plan (SFBG, SF Exam, Dogpatch)
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  • Head of CAHSRA Quits as Agency Undergoes Shake-Up (Mercury News, SF Examiner)
  • Cash Fares Could be Going Up for Caltrain Passengers (SF Examiner)
  • Op-Ed: Getting Real About Redevelopment in California (LAT)
  • Infographic: Bike Commuting Throughout the United States (Uptown Almanac)
  • Berkeley Set to Pass Law Protecting Bicyclists From Driver Harassment (Business Times)
  • MUNI Track Switch Replacement Project Continues on L-Taraval (Railway Age)
  • Moraga Seeks Grants to Support Livable Growth in Its Downtown (CoCo Times)
  • GG Transit District Considers $2 Parking Fee at Larkspur Ferry Terminal (Marin IJ)
  • Driver Injures 8-Year-Old in Santa Rosa (Press Democrat)
  • SMART Opponents Paying Signature Gatherers in Repeal Effort (Press Democrat)
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