This Week: BART’s Grace Crunican, Urban Cycling 101, SoMa Plan
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday Drinks and Discourse with BART’s Grace Crunican. Hear a discussion with Grace Crunican, the general manager of BART who oversees a staff of 3,600 full-time employees and $40 billion of transportation infrastructure that links the region. She’ll talk about her career path, the challenges of running […]
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- How to Move HSR Forward (Curbed)
- Can Governor Save HSR? (BayCityBeacon)
- Timeline of HSR’s Woes (SFChron)
- Transbay District Has Arrived (SFChron)
- Two New Ferry Terminals (SFChron)
- First Ford GoBike Station Heading to Marina (SFExaminer)
- More on Rosa Parks Seats (Curbed)
- Drop in Bike Theft (SFExaminer)
- Lime Cuts Back on Bicycles (SFChron)
- Motorist Hits Pedestrian in North Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
- New Police Building for Bayview (SFExaminer)
- Should Treasure Island Soil get Rechecked? (SFChron)
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Who Needs A Border Wall When We Have Exclusionary Zoning?
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As we watch our brave politicians compromise to build a ‘barrier’ in lieu of a border wall, it’s a good time to remember we have a weapon that’s far more effective at keeping the poor and huddled masses off our (unsustainable) lawns: exclusionary zoning.
Distracted Denver Councilman Made Video While Driving Daughter to School
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Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks wanted to cheer on public school teachers as they returned to work on Thursday, but chose to celebrate in a way that risked the lives of his neighbors: he videotaped himself as he was driving.
Still Fighting for a Safe Way to School in Tampa
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Hundreds of school children must cross Tampa's dangerous Bay to Bay Boulevard daily. Why is the mayor standing in the way of a safer street?
Today’s Headlines
|- Bullet Train Still Coming to Bay Area (MercNews)
- Why America Sucks at Infrastructure (Vox)
- BART to Name Street After Oscar Grant (SFChron)
- San Francisco’s New Ferry Gates (SFGate)
- More on Opening Date of Berryessa/North San Jose BART (Curbed)
- Restoring Weekday Caltrain to Atherton? (Almanac)
- AC Transit Bus Drives Through Flood (NBCBayArea)
- Motorists on Opioids (EastBayTimes)
- Environmental Challenges at Howard Terminal (SFChron)
- Non-profits May Get First Crack at Purchasing Apartments (SFExaminer)
- Letter: France Can Build HSR But California Can’t? (MercNews)
- Commentary: Kill Central Valley HSR (MercNews)
Get state headlines at Streetsblog CA, national headlines at Streetsblog USA
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High-Speed Rail’s Central Valley Segment is Already Connected to Bay Area
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HSR trains can immediately through-run to Bay Area and Sacramento on existing tracks
Believe it or Not, Trump put a Huge Tax on Parking Lots – Maybe by Mistake
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But the IRS might let big companies wriggle out of it. You can comment until Feb. 22.
Report: We Don’t Need More Infrastructure — We Need Congestion Pricing
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A new Brookings report says U.S. highway conditions have been improving every year for more than a decade, according to the Federal Highway Administration's own accounting.
Talking Headways Podcast: Where’s My Bus? When Will It Arrive?
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This week, we’re joined by Jonny Simkin, co-founder and CEO of Swiftly. Simkin talks about what his company does to crunch data at transit agencies and the impacts they’ve had on transit agencies outlook on service. He also chats about potential futures for mobility as a service and data privacy.
No, Mr. President, You Can’t Have California’s High-Speed Rail Money Back
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Trump tweets, then Governor Newsom responds, making it clear that high-speed rail is not going away