Adonia Lugo: Bicycle Advocates Need to Stop Overlooking Issues of Race and Class
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Lugo's new book "Bicycle/Race" argues that bike planning discussions must take "human infrastructure" into account.
Dallas and Seattle Ride the Dockless Bike-Share Rollercoaster
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The two U.S. cities with the largest dockless bike-share fleets are now on different paths.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- MTC Wants Public Input on Transportation Fixes (MercNews)
- SF Visitor Center to Leave Powell BART (SFChron)
- BART to Extend Elevator Attendant Program (Curbed)
- SFBC’s Janice Li Running for BART Board (SFWeekly, SFExaminer)
- Tours of Transbay Transit Center (Hoodline)
- Muni Preserves L Taraval Safeway Stop (SFBay)
- Businesses Complain About SMART Extension (MarinIJ)
- Lime to Offer Free Bike Shares to SF State Students (SFExaminer)
- Scooters Won’t Return Until August (TechCrunch)
- Oakland Approves Uptown Office Complex (Hoodline)
- Commentary: Condo Owners Threaten Central SoMa Plan (SFChron)
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New York City Councilman Challenges Safety of ‘Mixing Zones’ and Painted Solutions
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City Council Speaker Corey Johnson wants DOT to provide better protection for pedestrians and cyclists in its redesign of 10th Avenue.
North Carolina DOT Needs a Culture Change to Translate Complete Streets Policy Into Action
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Changing the entrenched practices of transportation agencies is easier said than done.
Yosemite Enforces Its Bus-Only Lanes, But How Can the Park Better Manage Car Traffic?
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Should Yosemite visitors expect hour+ delays? Or are there better ways to manage the park's notorious traffic congestion?
Suit Alleges Air Resources Board Plan Limits Housing, Victimizes Poor
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In the most recent California Planning & Development Report, Josh Stevens draws attention to a “quixotic” and “aggressively worded” lawsuit filed in April against the Air Resources Board and its 2017 Scoping Plan.
Today’s Headlines
|- Two-Hour Muni Transfers Will Start in Sept. (SFGate)
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Scooters (SFWeekly)
- MacArthur BART Redevelopment (Hoodline)
- More on Supes Crack Down on Broderick Street Full House (Curbed)
- More on Townsend Plan (Hoodline, KGO)
- Update on Father and Sons Riding All Muni Lines (Curbed)
- Shiny New Toilets Coming to SF Streets (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- Balboa Park Station Parking to Become Housing (SFChron)
- City Land Swap Could Boost Affordable Housing Project (SFExaminer)
- SMART Board Signs off on Downtown Novato Train Station (MarinIJ)
- Identities of Two Men Killed in San Jose Train vs. Car Crash Unknown (EastBayTimes)
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Another Pedestrian Killed at Sloat and 36th
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Another pedestrian killed on Sloat as unsafe conditions persist.
Slowly and Stealthily, Trump’s DOT Starves Transit Expansion Projects of Federal Funds
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The Trump administration has slowed the release of federal transit grants to such a crawl that expansion projects in the works for years are now in jeopardy.
Stories About Marathon Walking Commuters Receiving Benevolent Donations of Cars Are Actually Terrible
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These stories aren't heartwarming. They highlight systemic, persistent injustice that goes unaddressed.