Meet the Pedal People, Northampton’s Bike-Powered Cargo Haulers
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Since 2007, the City of Northampton has relied on Pedal People, a cooperatively-owned, bike-powered transportation company, to provide garbage and recycling hauling services for the city’s public trash cans.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Cable Cars Out of Service for Foreseeable Future (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- SamTrans Grapples with Mask Enforcement (DailyJournal)
- Lockdowns Hasten Infrastructure Work (NYTimes)
- More on Proposed Caltrain Measure (SFExaminer)
- More on AC Transit Cuts (Berkeleyside)
- More on Beale Street Improvements (MassTransit)
- How Berkeley Could Remove Police from Traffic Stops (NYTimes)
- “White Lives Matter” Painted on Martinez Street (SFChron, KQED)
- Why I’ve Nearly Hit Pedestrians (MercNews)
- Historian Salvages Haight Sidewalk (Hoodline)
- Commentary: Ballot Do Overs, Prop. 13 Reform (MercNews)
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Op Ed: We Shouldn’t Fix Some “Crumbling” Highways
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Americans shouldn't have to choose between building endless new highway miles and endlessly fixing the roads that destroy our places — because there are a lot of highways that deserve to be decommissioned.
STEAL THIS IDEA: States Should Imitate This Scottish E-Bike Program
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Subsidizing e-bikes is a no-brainer in the best of times — and in a pandemic, it could be a life-saver.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- More on BART Phasing Out Paper Tickets (SFExaminer)
- Muni Hit Hard by Pandemic (SFNews)
- Police Reformers Eye Transit Cops (Politico)
- Tiburon-Angel Island Ferry Back in Business (MarinIJ)
- More than 9,000 New COVID Cases in One Day (SFChron)
- Reopening Pushed Back, Rising Infection Rate (SFGate, Hoodline)
- While Santa Clara Allows More Reopening (SFGate)
- The Myth of Diverted Gas Taxes (EastBayTimes)
- Berkeley’s Homeless Housing Project (Berkeleyside)
- Proposed CAREN Law Would Ban Discriminatory 911 Calls (SFChron)
- Commentary: Trump Officials Put California Air Quality at Risk (SFChron)
- Commentary: Tesla Park Should be Open for Walkers (SFChron)
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Op-Ed: Don’t Lose Sight of the Other Pandemic
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We must slow down if we want to vaccinate against that other deadly disease called traffic violence
Black Rides for Black Lives uses cycling to highlight the need for police reform
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The goal of their recent protest ride was to demand the creation of a Civilian Police Accountability Council, as well as reducing or eliminating funding for the CPD and reallocating money to social services.
This Week: Air Quality, Urban Cycling, Scooters
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all in-person events have been cancelled. Here is a list of online/webinar events this week
Designing ‘Streets For Protest’ Won’t Work Because of Cops
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Can good street design really "protect" protesters — and the right to protest itself — from police brutality? No.
Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? A Conversation with Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia
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The creators of "tactical urbanism" sit down with Streetsblog to talk about where their quick-build methods are going in a historic moment that is finally centering real community engagement.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Transit Only Lanes on Beale (SFExaminer)
- Too Many Agencies, Not Enough Riders (Bloomberg)
- AC Transit Could Cut 30 Percent of its Bus Lines (SFChron)
- Making Transit Feel Safe (SFChron, Sentinal)
- Caltrain’s Safety Measures (ABC7)
- Parking Demand Returns to Near Pre-Pandemic Level (SFBay)
- More on Proposal to Split Public Works (SFExaminer)
- SF and Oakland Most Gentrified in US (SFGate)
- Proposal to Freeze Rent Increases (SFChron)
- San Francisco Receives State Grant (SFNews)
- Pandemic has Ravaged Fisherman’s Wharf (SFChron)
- Commentary: SMART Deserves Aid (MarinIJ)
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