Today’s Headlines
|- More on Tenderloin Collision that Killed Pedestrian (Fox2)
- Why Hit and Runs Happen (EastBayTimes)
- D5 Candidates Discuss Transportation Positions (SFExaminer)
- More on Yesterday’s Embarcadero Station Flood (SFChron)
- AV’s Mean We’ll Need Public Transportation More than Ever (WEForum)
- Housing Market Helping Fuel the Economy–and Inequity (Curbed)
- Most Expensive Counties are All in the Bay Area (SFGate)
- Transit Study for East Contra Costa (EastBayTimes)
- More on ‘Diverging Diamonds’ Coming to California (SFGate)
- Comparing New York and San Francisco (TheObserver)
- California HSR Inspires Project for Pacific Northwest (SFGate)
- Commentary: How Best to Invest in Clean Air (SFExaminer)
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Pittsburgh Reveals the Downside of Self-Driving Cars
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Wider inequality. More sprawl. Worse transit. Those are some of the outcomes we could see from self-driving cars in cities, according to a Pittsburgh-based transit advocacy group.
Bay Area Legislators Talk Housing
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All the panelists have been working on housing issues for years. "Things are changing," they say, albeit slowly.
Today’s Headlines
|- BART Stations Getting Housing (SFChron)
- Embarcadero Station Springs a Leak (SFGate)
- Questions Over Costs of BART Canopies (SFExaminer)
- Life Next to MacArthur BART (SFChron)
- Buildings in Dublin Close to BART (SFChron)
- Bay Area Rents Charge Back Up (EastBayTimes)
- Uber/Lyft Tax Heading to Voters (SFExaminer)
- Pedestrian Hit on Market Street (SFGate, CBSLocal)
- SMART Train Says Track Deaths are a Mental Health Issue (CBSLocal)
- Berkeley Bans Natural Gas in New Buildings (Berkeleyside, SFGate)
- ‘Manholes’ Now ‘Maintenance Holes’ in Berkeley (Berkeleyside, SFGate)
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Open Thread: Hayes Valley’s People Street. What Would You Pedestrianize Next?
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Perhaps no other neighborhood has come so far--from the bad old days of the Central Freeway, to pedestrianizing one block of street. What's next?
President Trump Has Starved Transit Agencies of $854M
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Administration delay tactics have made applying for transit construction funding much more costly and difficult.
Listen and Learn: A Tool for California Residents to Track Street Safety
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Webinar tomorrow, Wednesday, will introduce UC Berkeley SafeTREC's Street Story and show people how to report safety hazards
Today’s Headlines
| | 10 Comments- City to Ban Cars from One Block of Octavia (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- SFMTA to Make E-Scooter Program Permanent (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- Mobility, Scooters, and Equity (EastBayExpress)
- Looking at Scooter Safety (Citylab)
- Google Maps Adding Bike Share (Fox10)
- More on Muni LRV Visibility (NBCBayArea)
- More on S.F.’s Plan to go Emissions Free by 2040 (SFWeekly)
- Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Re-opened (EastBayTimes)
- Fremont Trains Delayed by Police (EastBayTimes)
- Most Dangerous Intersection in San Jose (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Get Downtown Extension Back on Track (SFExaminer)
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Guest Commentary: New SFMTA Leader Must Put the Rider First
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San Francisco Transit Riders writes an open letter to the SFMTA Board, describing what they'd like to see in a new SFMTA director
See It! Two Men Physically Intimidate A Woman Citi Biker For Allegedly Touching Their Precious SUV
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Cycling is about to have its long overdue #MeToo movement as aggressive male drivers are once again caught on tape abusing a woman.
Today’s Headlines
|- BART to Get More Bike Straps (SFGate)
- The History of BART Maps (SFGate)
- Could Ferries Solve Transportation Woes? (BoldItalic)
- Marin Mulls Transportation Mega Measure (MassTransit)
- Condo Project at Market and 15th (Hoodline)
- Mayor Breed Frustrated by Homeless Situation (SFChron)
- Balboa Park Parking Lot for RVs? (SFChron, SFExaminer, Curbed)
- S.F. Looks to Cut Vehicle Emissions by 2040 (SFChron)
- Painting Hayes Valley Basketball Court (Hoodline)
- Mapping What’s to See in Golden Gate Park (Curbed)
- Wedding Party Takes BART (SFGate)
- Commentary: The NIMBYs Lost for Once (SFChron)
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