Regulators Could Have Prevented Fatal Tesla Crash
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Two Tesla passengers are dead, partly because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ignored calls from the National Transportation Safety Board to require automakers to implement safe driver monitoring technology in "driverless" vehicles.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- BART Could Put Fare Hikes on Hold (EastBayTimes)
- SFMTA Loses Public Trust (SFExaminer)
- Say ‘Thank You’ to Your Muni Operator (SFExaminer)
- Who Rides Bikeshare in San Francisco? (SFWeekly)
- HOV Lanes, Temp Transit Lane, Under Consideration in S.F. (SFChron)
- Californians Want to Keep Working from Home (SFChron, MarinIJ)
- Are Oakland’s ‘Flex Streets’ Here to Stay? (Berkeleyside)
- Shotwell in Route to be Permanent ‘Slow Street’ (MissionLocal)
- Park Street Neighbors Want Alameda to Remove Parklet (SFGate)
- Supes to Vote on ‘Safe Sleeping Sites’ (SFExaminer)
- Bay Area Residents Still Cautious About Getting Out (SFChron)
- Muni in Marvel Film (SFGate)
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Streetfilms Auteur Reveals How You, Too, Can Create ‘Bike Count’ Videos
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Clarence Eckerson Jr. — the Orson Welles of the streets — shares the secrets of making a great bike count video, and how such footage can help create change in your city.
Q&A: Eric Jacobsen on How Cars Make us Lonelier
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The author of "Three Pieces of Glass" shows how the phone, the TV and the car windshield make us so damn unhappy.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Mayor Breed Announces Return of Muni K Ingleside Train Service Starting May 15 (SFist, Examiner)
- Clipper Card Now On iPhone And Apple Watch (SFist, ApplePay)
- New Plan For Transit-Oriented Homes In San Jose (Mercury News)
- Police Seek Suspects In Armed Robbery Of Berkeley Cyclist (East Bay Times)
- Don’t Judge California’s Climate Fight (SFChron)
- How A Freeway Was Planned for the Panhandle (SFGate)
- Reparations Should Include Redlining (SFChron)
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This Week: Downtown, Bike Mechanic, Van Ness BRT
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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.
Legislative Update: Bill to Remove Parking Minimums Near Transit Passes First Committee
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Asm. Friedman's A.B. 1401 would allow developers to "right-size" the number of parking spaces
Programs that Pay Residents to Give Up Cars Gain Support Worldwide
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France may soon pay its residents to trade their private cars for e-bikes, vehicle-share services, and even transit passes — and the move is re-igniting the conversation about unconventional ways our governments can subsidize the greenest modes of transportation.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- 86 Year Old Cyclist, “Legend of Mount Diablo” Killed in Car Crash (Gate, SFist)
- Advocates Urge VTA to Restore Full Service Before State Reopens (Turnout4Transit)
- Opinion: Shelter for All Policy Sounds Good, But Is It Effective (Examiner)
- No Service from Caltrain Into the City This Weekend (Examiner)
- Bay Area Posts Big Job Gains in March (East Bay Times)
- What Cities Will Rebound Fastest from COVID Recession? (East Bay Times)
- To Combat Segregation, Cities Need to Look at Past and Present…As Berkeley Is (Merc-News)
- Zoom Fatigue Is Real, and Worse for Women (SF Chronicle)
- The Dark Side of Transportation Electrification (Forbes)
- Real Estate Sales Finally Underway in Yerba Buena (Gate)
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CA’s Plan to Align Transportation Funding with Climate Goals
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CAPTI sets a framework for planning transportation in a way that doesn't further destroy the environment, the economy, or the health of Californians, but some bristle at the idea of change.
Talking Headways Podcast: Call it the Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD)
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We have met the enemy and it is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.