Why Vision Zero Advocates Need to Talk About Anne Heche
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The actor's crash is the kind of extreme collision about which even the most avowed Vision Zero advocates typically stay silent — possibly because, secretly, they are not totally sure the crash could have been prevented.
But Heche's crash was absolutely preventable. Here's why.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Bill to Rationalize Transit in Bay Area Killed (DailyJournal)
- NYC, Other Cities, Brace for Transit Budget Crash (NYTimes)
- More on S.F.’s Traffic Enforcement Failure (SFGate)
- More on ‘Bottom of the Hill’ Opposing Bike Safety (SFGate)
- New Models of Bike Advocacy (CalBike)
- Napa Transit Grant for Lower-Emission Buses (CBSLocal)
- Tenderloin Developer Can’t Turn Parking Lot into Housing (SFChron)
- S.F. Supes Grapple with Housing Reform (SFStandard)
- Global Warming Could Bring Bad California Floods (SFChron)
- Obit: Former Transit Official, Mill Valley Mayor Dick Swanson Dies (MarinIJ)
- Letters: Go Cold Turkey on Cars, Carbon Addiction (FT)
- Commentary: Bring Back the LA/SF Night Train (SFGate)
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Bills Still Alive: Parking Reform, Corporate Climate Accountability
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The meat grinder of the Appropriations process spits out a few wins
NYC Rolling Out Tech to Stop Gov’t Workers from Speeding
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Mayor Adams announces a way to get drivers of city-owned cars to slow down. But the pilot program will start in just 50 cars — 0.2 percent of the fleet.
CA Gets $120 Million for 8 “Sustainable and Equitable” Infrastructure Projects
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In California, eight projects will receive grants on this go-round, for a total of about $120 million.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Transit Budget Gaps Coming (Route50)
- Ride All of Bay Area Transit in One Day? (SFChron)
- Can Cities Protect Public Transit from Global Warming? (NextCity)
- Pro-Transit, Former LA Mayor to Become State Infrastructure Tsar (EastBayTimes)
- More on Parking-Before-Safety Music Venue, Bottom of the Hill (SFChron, SFStandard)
- Summer Stages Threatened by Global Warming (SFExaminer)
- Climate Activists Step up the Protests (SFExaminer)
- Mainstream Press Finally Catching up with Streetsblog on Hyperloop (SFist)
- S.F. Has to Prove it Can Build 82,000 Housing Units (SFChron)
- Woman Killed by Truck Driver in Fremont (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: S.F.’s Going to have to Change its Tune on Housing (SFChron)
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“One Bike Lane Could Destroy Our Venue”
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Bottom of the Hill, Potrero Hill music venue, is fighting safe bike infrastructure
Talking Headways Podcast: Asphalt Art!
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How communities can use paint as an effective and relatively low-cost strategy to activate their streets.
RAISE Grants to Fund Complete Streets in Nearly Every State
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The first recipients of a newly expanded major transportation grant program will deliver significant money for biking, walking and transit — and even some road projects that federal transportation leaders say will help non-drivers, too.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- $120 Million for California Transportation Projects (PortTech)
- Public Transit Faces Years Long Recovery (Fitch)
- New York Coming Back Stronger than S.F. From COVID (SFChron)
- New Ways to Dig Subway Tunnels? (Wired)
- People Buying Instead of Renting Scooters (SFExaminer)
- Fed’s Share Report on East Oakland Amtrak vs. Tractor Crash (EastBayTimes)
- Bridge Traffic Nears Pre-Pandemic Levels (SFChron)
- Latest on Marin Supervisor’s Scheme to Remove Bikes from Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (CBSLocal)
- Challenges of Highway Removal go Beyond Funding (Governing)
- Can Bay Area Support Electric Vehicles? (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: The State Needs to Divest from Fossil Fuels (SFChron)
- Commentary: Let’s Take the Entire RSR Bridge for Motorists (MarinIJ)
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Feds Commit Money to Howard Street Improvements
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Significant upgrades will be coming to Howard Street's mostly paint-and-plastic based protected bike lanes in SoMa.