Driver Killing Koreatown 4-Year-Old Sparks Protest Push for Vision Zero
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As traffic deaths rise, L.A.'s Vision Zero program survives in name, but as a hollow shell robbed of its early promise
This Week: FAST Act, Coordinating Transit, Phasing out Gas
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Wednesday Fixing America’s Surface Transportation. In 2020, the FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act is set to expire. The bill, which provides $305 billion in transportation funding over five years, has been critical. Hear what advocates and policymakers are pushing for in a reauthorization of the bill. Wednesday, […]
Today’s Headlines
|- Will Geary Ever Get Oft-Discussed Subway? (SFExaminer)
- Sliding Doors on Buses (SFExaminer)
- BART’s Old Seat Cushion Scam (SFGate)
- More on Better Market (SmartCitiesDive, BusinessInsider)
- ‘Green Zones’ and Electric Buses (MassTransit)
- Re-imagining Stonestown (SFExaminer)
- Conversation with S.F.’s Planning Director (KALW)
- More on Chase Center Architecture (SFChron)
- Mission Rock Building F (Curbed)
- Renaming Berkeley Street (Berkeleyside)
- More on Newsom’s Call to Spend More on Climate (SFChron)
- Strife Over Attempt to Reform Prop. 13 (SFChron)
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New Vision for the Bay Area: Using Freeways for a High-Quality Regional Transit System
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TransForm proposes a new system of "rail-like rubber-tire transit" using managed lanes on area freeways
After Spate of Deaths, OakDOT Talks Rapid Response
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Another pedestrian killed earlier this month on Foothill and a cyclist on Fruitvale--officials hear about attempts to stem the carnage
House Transport Chair Rips Uber, Lyft
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Oregon Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio lashed out at Uber and Lyft for not attending a congressional hearing on Wednesday to answer questions about the ride hail industry.
Today’s Headlines
|- Car Free Market Street Long Overdue (Citylab)
- SFMTA Board Chair Wants to Speed Better Market Street (SFBay)
- Skip Announces Layoffs (SFExaminer)
- How to Find a New BART Train (SFGate)
- Goodbye Parking, Hello Housing at Millbrae BART (SFChron)
- Transit After an Earthquake (Curbed)
- Motorist Hits Pedestrian at Lake Merritt (EastBayTimes)
- StreetLight Data Adds Bike/Ped Coverage (TrafficTechToday)
- Alameda Housing Planned for Future Bike/Ped Bridge (EastBayTimes)
- SoMa Flower Mart Seeks Tech Tenants (SFChron)
- Robin Williams Mural to Disappear (SFGate)
- Commentary: Avoid Blight Around Oracle Park (SFChron)
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Commentary: Let’s Make ‘Car Free’ Market Street Even Better
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There's still work to be done on the Better Market Street designs, especially at intersections
NYC Banished Cars for Buses — Your City Can, Too!
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There are many lessons cities can learn from the 14th Street Busway and other dedicated lanes, TransitCenter's Steven Higashide says.
Talking Headways Podcast: A Book Club for the Future of Transportation
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Today's topics: the complexity of transportation policy, the organization of local advocacy networks, and potential mechanisms to lower emissions.
Meet the New Congressional Caucus for Transportation
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A small group, for now, but eager to debate ways to better fund transit.