Today’s Headlines
|- New Voices on Muni (SFBay)
- Are BART Fare Inspections Discriminatory? (EastBayTimes)
- Bay Area Set to Move to Clipper 2 (GovTech)
- AC Transit Will Continue to Serve Schools (SFChron)
- SMART to Begin Extension to Windsor (MarinIJ)
- Plans for More Transit on Treasure Island (SFChron)
- Bird and Lime Scooters Look Outside SF (SFChron)
- Scooters Banned from San Jose Open Streets (EastBayTimes)
- Elderly Woman Struck in Bernal Heights Dies (SFExaminer)
- More on Motorist who Killed Pedestrian on Howard (SFWeekly)
- Map of Lost Streetcars (Hoodline)
Get state headlines at Streetsblog CA, national headlines at Streetsblog USA
Scooter News: Brown Signs Scooter Bill and Other Scooter News
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Also: Lime appeals San Francisco pilot program decision, Bird reaches milestone--and what about those e-scooter dangers?
Another Fatal Collision, Some Progress on Making Howard Street Safer
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Last week it was a cyclist, this week a pedestrian
SEE IT! Video Shows Bus Driver Killing Citi Bike Rider
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A key piece of evidence in a trial, but also more evidence that cops need to stop blaming cyclists routinely.
Cincy Cuts Parking to Make Core More Walkable
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The City Council gave the go-ahead yesterday for a more walkable, more affordable city center.
UN General Assembly Means Danger for NYC Cyclists
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Two key bike lanes are closed during the annual meeting. But drivers? They can still use the roads.
Nola Gets Protected Bike Lanes Almost Overnight
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A three-month demonstration will add 4 miles of protected bike lanes connecting bike facilities across the center city.
Today’s Headlines
|- Appealing SF’s Scooter Process (SFChron, SFExaminer, Curbed)
- Helmet Requirement Repealed for Scooters (SFExaminer, EastBayTimes)
- DPW Throwing Away Bikes? (SFWeekly)
- BART’s License Plate Cameras (CityLab)
- Questions on Cameras on Ohlone Greenway (EastBayTimes)
- Elderly Woman Struck by Truck Driver in Bernal (SFExaminer)
- Pedestrian Killed at 9th and Howard (Hoodline)
- Motorists Asked to Pay on Treasure Island (SFExaminer)
- SF to Cap City Government’s Gas Use (SFExaminer)
- Study Finds Business Districts Harass Homeless (Curbed)
- Neighborhoods with Most Millennials (SFGate)
- More on Housing Costs and Segregation (MarinIJ)
Get state headlines at Streetsblog CA, national headlines at Streetsblog USA
Akron Starts Fixing its Wide-Street Problem
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Akron is tackling the problem in a systemic way: With road diets.
Podcast: Meet Elise Roy, One of the Speakers at this Year’s #PedCounts
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Welcome to a special podcast from Streetsblog California, wherein former SBLA and SBCAL editor Damien Newton interviews Elise Roy. Roy will be the opening speaker at PEDS COUNT 2018, which is hosted by California Walks. Roy is the founder of a consulting firm by the same name that specializes in helping designers understand how people […]
Legislative Update: Brown Signs Bills on Electric Vehicles, Bike Miles Driven, Street Vending
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California will begin regulating emissions from ride-hail companies, sometime, soonish--and give them credit for bike-miles driven. Governor Brown signed that and several other livability bills.