Why is Parking at the Heart of Amazon’s HQ2?
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Amazon wants employees at its new Northern Virginia headquarters to commute car-free to work. So why does the current design include a 2,000-space parking garage? An American tale.
Today’s Headlines
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- Why Street Vendors Make Cities Feel Safer (Curbed)
- Proposed Vacant Storefront Tax (SFExaminer)
- DeSaulnier/Feinstein’s Retrograde Bridge Proposal (SFChron)
- More on Trump Spending on Roads over Transit (Citylab)
- More on BART Sandwich Lawsuit (EastBayTimes)
- State Law That Speeds Development (SFChron)
- Yerba Buena Tower Tops Off (Curbed)
- Mural of Greta Thunberg (Hoodline)
- San Francisco’s Walkable, Bikable 49-Mile Scenic Route (SFChron)
- San Francisco Good Travel Spot for Seniors? (SFGate)
- Letter: Streamline Traffic Stop Data (SFChron)
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Why We Formed the Future of Transportation Caucus
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Reps. Pressley, Garcia and Takano outline the need for a new federal vision.
Country Roads are Turning into Superhighways
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Robert Moses would be proud would be proud of North Carolina's love of "superstreets."
Garçon! D.C. Requires Curb Reservations for Deliveries
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Cities need to treat curb space like restaurants treat its prime tables.
Talking Headways Podcast: Test Before You Invest
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Talking with Tony Garcia about tactical transit.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- More on SFMTA’s Incoming Leader, Jeffrey Tumlin (SFChron, SFExaminer, KPIX)
- Berkeley Moves Towards ‘Idaho Stop’ (Berkeleyside)
- BART Sandwich Eater to Sue BART (SFExaminer)
- Oakland BRT Delayed (SFChron)
- SMART Completes Novato Testing (MarinIJ)
- SFMTA Says ’20 is Plenty’ (Curbed)
- Motorist Kills Woman in Excelsior (SFExaminer, SFWeekly)
- Tenderloin Launches Merchants Association to Address Alleys (Hoodline)
- Berkeley Traffic Circles Will Keep Trees (Berkeleyside)
- Is Green Paint Helpful? (EastBayTimes)
- Prop. 13 Overhaul Backed by Top Dems (SFChron)
- Awesome Pic of Raccoons Swarming Muni (Hoodline)
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Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads
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Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.
Jeffrey Tumlin to Run SFMTA
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Consultant who created Oakland's DOT to take over in San Francisco
More Biking Would Bring Huge Health Benefits to California
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Increasing activity levels would reduce health burdens even more than cleaner air or reduced traffic injuries.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Three Collisions in San Francisco (SFExaminer, Hoodline)
- Dreamforce Shuts Down Block of Howard (Hoodline)
- Panhandle Playground Reopens (Hoodline)
- San Francisco High Rise Projects (Curbed)
- More on Tunnel Top Park (SFGate)
- 101 Ways to Live Sustainably (Curbed)
- Housing on UCSF Laurel Heights Campus (SFChron, Hoodline)
- Apple, Facebook and Google Can’t Solve Housing Crisis (CBS)
- Oakland Beating SF in Housing (SFChron)
- Berkeley Artist to Move “Big People” Statue (Curbed)
- Letters: Phase Out Fossil Fuels (SFChron)
- Commentary: Churches Have Sustainability Obligation (SFExaminer)
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