Today’s Headlines
| | 3 Comments- State Bill Would Allow Scooters on Sidewalks (Curbed)
- Another View on Electric Scooters (NYTimes)
- Curbside Bumps a Hazard for Pedestrians (EastBayTimes)
- Temescal’s Awful Pavement (Hoodline)
- Another Delay to Van Ness BRT (SFExaminer)
- Ford GoBikes Launches Electric Assist Bikes (SFExaminer)
- Cyclist Killed by Motorists in Bay Point, Contra Costa County (SFBay)
- Mayor’s Pointless Encampment Measure (SFWeekly)
- Third Lane on San Rafael Bridge Opens (EastBayTimes, MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Real Progressives Support Dense Housing Near Transit (Berkeleyside)
- Commentary: Scooter Crackdown a Distraction from Real Problems (SFGate)
- Commentary: Next Mayor Must Clean up the Streets (SFChron)
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Traffic Safety Data Company Finds More Drivers Using Cellphones
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Despite laws against using a hand-held phone or similar device, a new report shows that people are not putting down their phones.
Transit Ridership Slumping? Not in Canada.
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It's not complicated: Canadian cities run better, more abundant transit service than American cities.
This Week: Bicycle Advisory Committee, Resilient Richmond, San Jose River
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday/tonight! Bicycle Advisory Committee. The committee meets to consider bicycle transportation projects and policies and to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors, the Municipal Transportation Agency, the County Transportation Authority, the San Francisco Police Department, and other City and County of San Francisco agencies. Monday/tonight! April 23, 6:30-7:30 p.m., City […]
Move L.A. and Partners Float Vision2020 Electrification Sales Tax Proposal
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Vision 2020 proposes a four-county sales tax to end air pollution and abate climate change
Today’s Headlines
| | 3 Comments- More on Scooters (Curbed, CBSLocal)
- New Caltrain to Transbay Alignment Study (SFChron)
- Fare Inspector Quotas (SFExaminer)
- Powell Street BART Face-lift Behind Schedule (SFChron)
- Transit and the Mayor’s Race (SFChron)
- Mayor Promises 2,000 New Trees (Curbed)
- SF Students Win Planning Contest (Hoodline)
- Keeping ‘Early Days’ Statue After All (Curbed, Hoodline)
- Could Robots Help Solve Our Housing Woes? (MercNews)
- Downtown San Mateo Focuses on Cleanliness and Parking (DailyJournal)
- More on Elon Musk’s Boring Transportation Company (EastBayTimes)
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Eyes on the Street: Work Starts on Phase II of the 8th Street Protected Bike Lane
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A city crew prepping for a bus-boarding island on 8th. All pics Streetsblog/Rudick unless indicated
Lansing Is Your 2018 Parking Madness Champion!
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Only one city (per year) can emerge victorious from the Parking Madness bracket and win the Golden Crater™. Our readers have spoken, and this year that city is Lansing, Michigan.
Caltrans District 4 Releases the First Comprehensive District-Level Bike Plan
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The Bay Area region's bike plan focuses on the state highway network, which frequently forms the spine of city main streets throughout the region.
Today’s Headlines
|- BART-Oriented Housing Bill (Curbed)
- Scott Wiener’s Not Done Working on Housing (BizTimes, SFChron)
- Sculpture Taller than Housing in Hayes Valley (Hoodline)
- More on Scooter War (SFChron)
- More on Teen Motorist Who Struck Cop in Crosswalk (SFExaminer)
- Car-Free Twin Peaks Road Extended (SFChron)
- Closure of Patricia’s Green to Cars (Hoodline)
- Caltrans Releases Bike and Ped Safety Plan (SFBay)
- Menlo Park’s Developments (Almanac)
- Commentary: SF Isn’t Trying to Ban Scooters (SFChron)
- Commentary: Novato Parklette Process Flawed (MarinIJ)
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A Sea-Bus Future for the Bay Area?
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"You're going to need a bigger boat," goes the famous line from Jaws. But maybe when it comes to transportation, the opposite is true.