In 2022, Boston Planners Once Again Approved More Parking Spaces Than Homes
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In spite of the city's pressing housing shortage and ambitious climate goals, which call for fewer cars on Boston's streets, project approvals for 2022 include more parking and less housing compared to 2021.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Muni is Still Still Using Floppy Discs? (SFStandard)
- Weekend Caltrain Closures Coming to S.F.<–>Millbrae for Electrification Work (DailyJournal)
- More on State Grants for Bay Area Transit (GlobalRailwayReview)
- SMART Train Gets $34 Million from State (NorthBayBizJournal)
- Conventional Bike Rentals Worry About Lyft Bikes (KTVU)
- Downtown S.F. IKEA Opening Soon (SFGate)
- What is Oakland’s Plan for Housing? (Oaklandside)
- Parking Meters Installed at Lake Merritt (Oaklandside)
- Vinyards Adapt to Global Warming (SFChron)
- No Train in My Jungle (SFGate)
- Amtrak Goes Existential via Twitter (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: to Bring People Back to the Office, Promote Pharmaceutical Industry (SFExaminer)
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Half of Americans Are Getting Local Vision Zero Plans After New Federal Grant
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More than half of the U.S. population will soon live in cities or counties with a Safe Streets action plan in place, thanks to a wave of new funding from Washington – but advocates say it will take money and sustained community pressure to ensure those plans are realized.
Talking Headways Podcast: Get on the Fast Bus!
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This week, Colin Parent, executive director of Circulate San Diego, comes on the program to talk about his new report, "Fast Bus! How San Diego Can Make Progress by Speeding Up the Bus." That title should say it all!
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Fed Money for Safe Streets in Western Addition (SFExaminer)
- More on Federal Grants Coming as S.F. Fails on Safety (SFStandard, EastBayTimes)
- More on State Funds for Transit (SFExaminer, RailwayAge)
- Marin Nabs Grants for Transportation Projects (MarinIJ)
- SFMTA’s Jeffrey Tumlin on Muni, Post Covid (RichmondReview)
- Can a City Thrive with an Empty Downtown? (Governing)
- Poster Child for Office-to-Housing Conversion? (SFChron)
- More on S.F. Housing Goals (Axios)
- State Rejected Berkeley Housing Plan, What Now? (Berkeleyside)
- Bernal Heights Bench Citation Backlash (SFExaminer)
- Development Plans for Oakland Coliseum Site (SFChron)
- Cable Car Derails (KTVU)
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SF’s Central Subway Is Open. Let’s Look at Boondoggles and Why We End Up Needing Them
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Big urban projects often look like disasters from the jump. Yet their value can take years to shine through.
California Grants Billions for Transit Projects
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Cuts proposed to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program by Governor Newsom would affect future funding cycles, if they happen. Meanwhile, $3.68 billion will be awarded in 2023.
Drivers Whine ‘It’s So Hard to Park!’ for 100 Years
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It's time for a walk through history. It was never easy to park, so don't listen to today's whiners.
Kids’ Psychology Effects How They Behave Around Cars — And Regulators Should Take Note
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has taken steps to understand how a wider range of bodies are likely to fare when they’re involved in a car crash. But as regulators finally begin to look outside the car, some researchers think it’s time they start thinking about our brains, too — particularly when it comes to kids.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Caltrain to Get State Funds for Electrification (EastBayTimes, RailwayTech)
- Transit Agencies Face Hard Decisions (SmartCitiesDive)
- More on San Francisco Housing Element (PublicPress)
- Plan to Make E-Bikes More Affordable for People of Low Income (LATimes)
- Push to Beautify Havelock Street Pedestrian Bridge (SFStandard)
- More on Self-Driving Cars Causing Havoc in S.F. (NewScientist)
- East Corte Madera Bicycle Path Gets Funding (MarinIJ)
- Bay Area Pandemic Population Drop (SFStandard)
- Letters: Wool Street was Named After a Person, not Wool (SFChron)
- Cartoon: Wonders of the Central Subway (MissionLocal)
- Commentary: State Must Provide More Funding to Address Global Warming (EastBayTimes)
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“Entitled” Bike Lane Lady Speaks Out
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A cyclist had the nerve to feel "entitled" to a safe bike ride. But the San Francisco Fire Department thinks it's more important to park wherever they please, even when it's not an emergency