This Week Online: Project Delivery, Bike Ambassador, Bike Theft Prevention
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all in-person events have been cancelled. Here is a list of what Streetsblog could find that's a webinar/online
As Roads Empty To COVID-19, Drivers Who Remain Are Speeding Up. Here’s How to Slow Them Down.
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The virus isn't just a public health emergency for our hospitals. It's also a public health emergency for our roads.
Closing trails during pandemic, without opening streets, is misguided and inequitable
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It's time to close whole regions of the city off to cars — so walkers can spread out.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- San Francisco Light Rail Service Ends (SFChron)
- COVID-19 Prompts More Transit Cutbacks (SFChron)
- California Bans Cars in State Parks (SFChron)
- Closing Park Parking Lots (Hoodline)
- San Francisco’s Pristine Air (Curbed)
- Expect Shelter in Place Extension (EastBayTimes)
- Skateboarders Shred Empty Streets (SFGate)
- Micromobility and COVID-19 (TechCrunch)
- Virtual Tours of San Francisco (Curbed)
- More Photos of Bay Area During Pandemic (SFChron)
- Cartoon: COVID-19 Slows Marin Transit (MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Maintain Social Distance in Parks (EastBayTimes)
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One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 15 – Mask Vendors and Gardening
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Today is the fifth entry in a series of occasional journal-type posts about what's happening regarding coronavirus in one SBLA editor's neck of the woods.
Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals In NYC
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Paramedics rushed two people to already over-capacity emergency rooms on Wednesday evening, thanks to speeding drivers who refused to slow down amid a worsening health crisis.
Cycling in the Time of COVID-19
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Reflections on biking on the quiet streets of pandemic San Francisco
Taxpayers Are Bailing Out Uber and Lyft — Again
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Uber and other tech taxi companies pride themselves on disrupting industries — but now taxpayers are bailing them out.
Here’s How Much U.S. Car Traffic Plunged Last Week
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New data reveals that nationwide car traffic dropped 30 percent at the end of last week compared to the same day one month earlier.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- BART Considers Eliminating Sunday Service (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- More on Muni, VTA Suspending Rail (SFChron, SFExaminer, Hoodline)
- Caltrain, SamTrans Await Help from Feds (DailiyJournal)
- Parking Lots at Lands End, Ocean Beach to Close (SFExaminer)
- More Parks and Beaches Closing (SFChron)
- More on Real Estate and COVID-19 (SFGate)
- All American Marine to Finish Hydrogen Ferry (WorkBoat)
- Photos of Isolation (SFChron)
- Commentary: More Hotels for the Un-housed (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: What we Must Do for the Homeless (SFChron)
- Commentary: Please Stay Home (MarinIJ)
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California Transportation Commission Calls for Applications for Transportation Funding
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Deadlines for the Active Transportation, Trade Corridor Enhancement, Local Partnership, and Solutions for Congested Corridors programs are coming up in June and July--pending further developments on COVID