Larry Hogan’s Highway Building Binge Threatens to Force Hundreds of People From Their Homes
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Uprooting economically vulnerable people to make room for roads isn't a relic of the 1960s -- it's alive and well in Maryland in 2018.
San Francisco, Berkeley on AARP list of Top Ten “Livable Cities”
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It's not that surprising to see San Francisco and Berkeley in AARP's list of most livable cities, because they are very well served by transit and both have progressive policies aimed at improving people's lives. But they are expensive.
Today’s Headlines
|- Final Input on Geary Bus Improvements (Hoodline)
- Overhauling Ferries (SFExaminer)
- The Myth of Distracted Walking (Curbed)
- Cal Student hit by Motorist (SFBay)
- Welcome the Little Vehicles (CityLab)
- Scooters Behaving Badly in San Jose (Kron4)
- Regs for San Jose Scooters (NBCBayArea)
- San Jose BART Transit Village (MercNews)
- Housing Foes are Causing Traffic and Congestion (EastBayTimes)
- Dangerous Trees on San Carlos Avenue (DailyJournal)
- Laurel Families Bike to School (Almanac)
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Talking Headways Podcast: Value Capture and Transit-Oriented Development
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This week we talk with Stan Wall of HR&A Advisors. Stan tells us about his earlier work as director of real estate and station planning for WMATA in Washington DC, including an interesting case study -- the redevelopment at the NoMa transit station -- his favorite projects, and what "value capture" actually means.
Surprise Attack on Phoenix Light Rail Expansion Reeks of Koch Brother Interference
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The 11th-hour opposition campaign seeks to stop a project supported by 75 percent of neighborhood residents just three years ago.
Today’s Headlines
| | 3 Comments- Geary Bus Improvements Move Forward (SFExaminer)
- Traffic Diverters Gone from 8th Ave. Plan (SFBay)
- Tenderloin Street Cleaning (Hoodline)
- More on Civic Center BART Cleanup (SFExaminer)
- Gas Tax Repeal Would put Projects at Risk (EastBayTimes)
- SF to Rename Phelan (Curbed, Hoodline)
- More on Mission Laundromat vs. Housing Fight (Curbed,SFExaminer)
- Senior Housing Breaks Ground in the Mission (Hoodline)
- More on SF’s Battery Powered Buses (SFExaminer)
- Van Crashes into Richmond District Home (Hoodline)
- Commentary: Civic Center ‘Cleanup’ More Human Whack-a-Mole (SFWeekly)
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Stiffer Fines for Illegally Parking a 20-pound Scooter than a 20,000-pound Truck?
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SFMTA's new fine structure has some safe-streets advocates fuming.
Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit
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What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?
Gas Tax Repeal Would Be a Disaster, Say Cities
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Cities, counties, and transit agencies say that S.B. 1, for the first time, gives them a reliable funding stream for maintenance and repair.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- More on SF Rail Construction Costs (NBCBayArea)
- Civic Center BART’s Needle Kiosk (SFChron)
- SFMTA Approves 8th Ave. Neighborway (SFExaminer)
- Van Ness BRT Construction Impacts to Increase (SFExaminer)
- High Fines for Scofflaw Scooters (KQED, SFExaminer)
- Scooter Companies Work on Features (SFChron)
- Scooter Rider in Tahoe Sustains Minor Injuries (SFChron)
- Letter: Pedestrian Freedom Threatened by Scooters (MercNews)
- Flood Risks in the Bay Area (Curbed)
- Sausalito’s Tourists-on-Bikes Problem (MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Learn from Berlin’s Housing and Transit (Examiner)
- Commentary: Navy Agrees that Shipyard Need Retested (SFChron)
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Eyes on the Street: The McAllister Makeover
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This spring, as part of the Muni Forward project, the city installed two new traffic circles and two new signals on McAllister Street to improve the performance of the 5 Fulton bus.