Today’s Headlines
|- Fewer Scooter Complaints this Time (SFExaminer)
- SFMTA Cuts Ties with Butler Enterprise (SFExaminer)
- Bayview Community Transportation Plan (Hoodline, ABC7)
- More on Withholding Money from Transbay (SFChron)
- The Transformation of Civic Center (SFChron)
- Under-Construction Oakland Housing Complex Burns (SFGate)
- Police Back off ‘Sit/Lie’ on the Sidewalk Citations (SFChron)
- Bicyclist Killed in Sunnyvale (CBSLocal)
- What you Need to Know on Prop. 6 (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Strengthen the Seawall (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: Prop. 6 is a Republican Lure (MercNews)
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Miami Shows How to Reclaim a Street from Cars
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For four days, on-street car storage was removed in favor of seating areas and mini-parks created by Avenue 3 Miami and supported by the Miami-Dade Transportation Quick-Build Program.
Streetfilms Falls in Love with Miami’s Metromover
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Transportation documentary Clarence Eckerson went to Miami and all we got was this damn must-see video!
This Week: Scooter Town Hall, Bicycle Advisory, Bayview Plan
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday/tonight! Oakland Scooter Town Hall. Make your voice heard as OakDOT develops new rules and regulations. Learn how to safely operate a scooter, hear what scooter companies are doing to address concerns. Monday/tonight! Oct. 22, 5-7 p.m., 1 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Council Chambers, Oakland. Monday/tonight! Bicycle Advisory Committee. The committee meets monthly to […]
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- BART Cleaners Learn Techniques (SFGate)
- BART Delays Cause by Disabled Train at Embarcadero (SFChron)
- More on New Berkeley BART Plaza (Berkeleyside)
- Merchants Hurt by Van Ness Construction Get Aid (SFExaminer)
- Complaints About Dogs on Haight Sidewalks (SFExaminer)
- Salesforce’s Benioff Gives $2 Million to Homeless Prop (CBSLocal)
- Oakland Cancels First Fridays Event (Hoodline, SFBay)
- Pittsburg Police Investigate Crash that Killed Pedestrian (EastBayTimes)
- Woman’s Building in History Preservation Contest (Hoodline)
- Commentary: Uber and Lyft Must Work to Reduce Congestion (SFGate)
- Commentary: Bring Paris Building Heights to San Francisco (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: Costa-Hawkins is Making People Sick (SFExaminer)
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One Week Later: Rep. McCarthy’s Office Denies Meeting as Stop-the-Purple-Threat Keeps Rolling
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"Stop the Purple Threat" might be paid for by anonymous donors, but the campaign to fight the subway continues to cost the school district a lot of money that could be spent on students.
Push for Valencia Pedestrianization Trial
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Not satisfied with SFMTA's options for protected bike lanes, advocates try for something better
Death Toll Keeps Rising From Police Chases
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Police chases kill about one person every day. A third of victims are innocent bystanders. Most of the chases are in pursuit of non-violent offenders.
Today’s Headlines
|- BART candidates on Housing (KALW)
- San Francisco Voter Guide (Curbed)
- More Salesforce Funding Delayed (SFExaminer)
- More on Builder of Transbay Suing Authority (Curbed)
- BART’s Rebuilt Berkeley Station (SFGate)
- When BART had a Video Arcade (SFGate)
- Free Bike Share for SFSU Students (SFExaminer)
- When it’s Not Obvious a Public Space is Public (SFChron)
- New Restrictions on Mission District Bars and Eateries (SFExaminer)
- Petition Aims to Stop Tree Removal Around Civic Center Library (Hoodline)
- Santa Clara Transportation Tax Declared Legal (EastBayTimes)
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Book Review: Learning from the Fietser Kings
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New book explains how the Netherlands set the benchmark for all others when it comes to safe streets and people-first city planning
To Get Drivers to Yield to Pedestrians, St. Paul is Using Psychological Tricks
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An multi-phased experiment in St. Paul increased driver yielding to pedestrians from 32 to more than 70 percent. And it decreased unsafe passing of yielding cars 10 fold.