Pols Seek Higher Corporate, Gas Taxes for Transit
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It's not yet clear whether the House bill will provide a sufficient amount of funding to meet the MBTA's needs for additional staff and new capital projects.
Today’s Headlines
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- Rider Revolt Over New Lyft E-Bikeshare Prices (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- Pedestrian Killed by Motorist in Tenderloin (SFChron, SFWeekly, Hoodline)
- Driver Strikes Two Pedestrians in Haight Ashbury (SFExaminer)
- More on U.S. Leaving Safe Streets Accord (Curbed)
- Cycling Still Skews White, Male (SFChron)
- RSR Bridge Bike Path Counts (MercNews)
- San Francisco’s Cancelled Housing Projects (Curbed)
- BART Riders Concerned About Virus (KRON4)
- Tesla Driver Was Playing Video Games (ABC7)
- Perfect San Francisco Strolls (Curbed)
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Protected Intersections for Valencia
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Finally, SFMTA is adapting this true-and-tried intersection treatment and stepping away from the hated 'mixing zone.' Plus other thoughts on the designs.
How To Make Every City Walkable in Three Infographics
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America doesn’t need an ambitious pedestrian safety target. We need seven of them.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- ‘Quick Build’ to Tackle Muni Bottlenecks (SFBay)
- Transit Housing Over 16th Street BART Stopped (Curbed)
- Comparing BART to Transit in Moscow, Copenhagen (MercNews)
- What Riding BART is Really Like (ABC7)
- More on Bike Shop Fighting Valencia Bike Lane (SFChron)
- RSR Bridge Bike Lane Closures (EastBayTimes)
- How Many Vacant Homes in San Francisco? (Curbed)
- Vallejo Transit Center Expansion (TimesHerald)
- Hit & Run Motorist Injures Pedestrian Near Union Square (Hoodline)
- Motorist Kills 12-Year-Old Girl in Castro Valley (SFChron)
- Remembering San Francisco’s Greektown (SFChron)
- Trolley View of San Francisco in the 1960s (SFGate)
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Time to Ban Cars on Market for Real?
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The city banned "private cars" on Market Street. But some of the remaining motorists keep harassing and endangering cyclists. Maybe it's time to take the next step.
Op-Ed: How Uber Could Get Its Drivers Out of the Bike Lanes
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Operators driving for the for-hire behemoth break traffic laws with abandon — compromising our safety. But Uber could use its data to police them.
U.S. Breaks With World on Pledge to Cut Roadway Deaths
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American delegates dissociated themselves from key elements of a global safety pledge that would halve road deaths in 10 years.
This Week: Valencia, Community Bike Repair, Vision Zero San Jose
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar
Ten Simple Policies to Subtract Cars From Our Streets
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Want less road carnage? We need fewer cars on the roads. Here are some tools cities are already using (and should consider using) to save lives and reduce auto use.
Vision Zero is Missing Something Big: Getting Cars Off the Road
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A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.