A Round and a Roundy: Godzilla vs. Kong is Not the Real Terror on our Streets
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National treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy is certainly not above glomming onto today's hottest trends.
Why Motorcycle Companies Are Betting on E-Bikes
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America's best-known motorcycle brand is now selling e-bikes — reigniting a conversation about the changing role of automotive options beyond cars on U.S. roadways.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Rally for ‘JFK Thrive’ (SFExaminer)
- Merge BART and Caltrain? (EastBayTimes)
- Millbrae Wants HSR Underground (DailyJournal)
- Traffic Will be Worse than Pre-COVID (SFist)
- More on Return of Bay Area Traffic (SFChron)
- Scooters and e-Bikes Coming to Milpitas (EastBayTimes)
- Dangerous Areas for Cyclists in San Mateo County (DailyJournal)
- Changes to Gilman Interchange Coming (Berkeleyside)
- Neighborhoods With Biggest Exoduses (SFChron)
- Mud and Sea Level Change (SFChron)
- The Bay Area’s Secret Sidewalk (SFGate)
- Letters: Caltrain is Clean, but Empty (EastBayTimes)
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Biden Right to Think Beyond DOT
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Opponents of President Biden's infrastructure plan ignore that "transportation infrastructure" must include tackling our frayed social safety nets and our broken street designs.
LATEST LOBBYING: Advocates Pushing Raft of New Street-Safety Bills in Albany
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Drive includes measures on reckless drivers, speed limits, speed cameras, alcohol-impaired driving, and driver education.
Regulators Make Headway on Wheelchair Access for Ride-Hail
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The CPUC is figuring out how the details in a program to help ride-hail companies provide wheelchair accessible vehicles. Here are some thoughts about it.
This Week: Smart City Cycling, Sanchez, Transit Riders
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most in-person events have been canceled. Here is a list of (mostly) online/webinar events this week.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Muni Adds Wi-Fi to Trainless Subway (SFBay)
- More on Car-Free JFK (CBSLocal)
- Delay on Bayview Slow Streets (SFExaminer)
- SMART Train Wish List (MarinIJ)
- We’re Over Cleaning the Bus (MarinIJ)
- Bay Area Traffic Nears Pre-Pandemic Levels (KTVU)
- Is HSR the Future in America? (YahooNews)
- Salesforce to Reopen in May (SFChron)
- Risks of Not Returning to Office (SFChron)
- Modular Buildings in the East Bay (SFChron)
- Commentary: the Case for Abandoning ‘Jaywalking’ Laws (SFChron)
- Commentary: Remove Obstructions from BART Audit (MercNews)
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Here are some good resources for getting started living car-free in Chicago
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These websites, videos, apps, and maps will make it easier for newbies to get around the region on transit and bike.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- BART Service Could Increase in Sept. (SFExaminer)
- More on BART Millbrae Agreement (Climate)
- Anxiety, Public Transit, and Returning to the Office (CBSLocal)
- Land Challenges for Cal High-Speed Rail (ConstructionDive)
- E-Bikes and Scooters in Fremont (EastBayTimes)
- Call to Ban Cars from Portion of San Pedro Street (SJMercNews)
- Stern Grove Might be Back in June (SFExaminer)
- Lower Haight’s Secret Courtyard (SFGate)
- Facebook Offers its Menlo Park Site for Vaccinations (SFChron)
- Commentary: Don’t Leave Petroleum Workers Behind (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Rail is Key to Saving Environment (SJSpotlight)
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Commentary: Bay Area Needs a “Cycling Safety Ordinance”
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"Why would the city continue anything less than a fully protected bike facility on any street that’s large enough for a bike lane at this point?”