Awful Highway Expansions in Denver and Portland are Halted
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State transportation agencies halted proposals to widen freeways in Denver and Portland amid rising costs, lawsuits, and stark questions about the projects’ destructive effects on the environment.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- D.C. Moves to Make Oversize Car Owners Pay Costs (Bloomberg)
- Caltrain Seeks $260 Million to Complete Electrification (SFExaminer)
- Vancouver Transit Recovery Outpacing S.F. (TheProvince)
- VTA Employees Try to Cope with Gun Violence (EastBayTimes, LATimes)
- Fire Department Blocks Tenderloin Parklet (SFChron)
- S.F. Population Drops (SFChron)
- Big Projects Bringing New Housing to Bay Area (BisNow)
- Would a Normal Housing Market be so Bad? (EastBayTimes)
- When Golden Gate Park was Sand Dunes (KQED)
- Photos of Mt. Diablo Through the Decades (SFChron)
- Letters: ‘Jaywalking’ at Caltrain Tracks in Mountain View (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: North Berkeley BART Housing; Cue Anti-Density NIMBYs (Berkeleyside)
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Opinion: Now Detroit is Selling $75K Pickup Trucks for the Cappuccino Run
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Toyota has realized that there are only so many buyers in the market that require massive size and capability for functional purposes. Enter the new Tundra ad, "Cappuccino," the automaker's clear effort at repositioning pickup trucks for the glam set.
Update on Major High-Speed Rail Investments in L.A.
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The Metro board is expected to approve the terms of the $423 million CA High-Speed Rail Authority funding, as well as approving a $298 million "Partial Preconstruction Phase" Union Station run-through tracks project budget.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Experiencing Car-Free J.F.K. (SFGate)
- Details on Two Pedestrians Killed in S.F. (SFChron)
- Experiencing Life Without a Car in Europe (BaltimoreSun)
- London’s Major New Rail Line (CityLab, FastCompany)
- Officials Mark Anniversary of VTA Shooting (SJSpotlight)
- Police Say to Stay Away from S.F. National Parks (SFChron)
- City Gets New Urban Tree Nursery (SFChron)
- Supes Propose Major Housing Reform (48Hills)
- Adjustments to Muir Woods Shuttle (MarinIJ)
- The Lake Came out of Nowhere (SFChron)
- Marin Residents Grouse about Gas (MarinIJ)
- Berkeley Tuolumne Camp Threatened by Global Warming (Berkeleyside)
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Commentary: The Media’s Continued, Cringe-Worthy Reporting on Traffic Violence
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Members of the press continue to frame these tragedies as if nobody is responsible.
Zoning Reform for Sustainable Transport
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New efforts by federal and state authorities to encourage the construction of housing in walkable and transit-rich communities suggests that many cities' best chance at progressive zoning reform will come from the top down, rather than the grass roots.
L.A. Metro Lies about Freeway Expansion
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Metro Planning Chief de la Loza: "[Metro Highway Program FY23 budget] predominant projects are focused on... completing gaps between the HOV system, safety improvements... they're not focused at all on just providing road widening."
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- More on Deadly Crashes in San Francisco (KRON4)
- Fremont Child Killed by Driver is ID’d (EastBayTimes)
- Drivers Slaughtering Pedestrians Nationally (TransportationTodayNews)
- Driver Hits and Kills Horse (SFChron)
- Lack of Children in S.F. (SFChron)
- Meet Artist Painting on-Street Mural (SFExaminer)
- The Mission’s Artist on a Bike (SFChron)
- More on BART Dispensing Stories (Bloomberg)
- Transportation and Togetherness (Planetizen)
- A Greenway Along 101 (SFChron)
- Letters: Display on Japanese Internment at San Bruno BART Station (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: High-speed Rail Illustrates America’s Transit Issues (Planetizen)
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We Need Better E-Bike Incentives
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Nonetheless, e-bike incentives still aren't an easy sell among the groups that are best poised to create them.
This Week: Downtown, Bike Camping, E-Bikes
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Here is a list of events this week.