Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- BART’s Financial Crisis (SFChron)
- Republicans Mad About Funding BART (SFGate)
- Muni Operators to Get Vaccinated (SFExaminer)
- What Could Open Next Week? (SFGate)
- SamTrans to Give Free Vaccination Rides (SFBay)
- Bay Area Doing Well in Vaccination Race (SFChron)
- Red Light Cameras in Fremont (EastBayTimes)
- When the Chronicle Helped Try to Kill the Cable Cars (SFChron)
- Berkeley Votes to Limit ‘Low Level’ Traffic Stops (Berkeleyside)
- Commentary: Why Won’t ‘Progressive’ S.F. End Single-Family Zoning? (SFChron)
- Commentary: California Needs Hydrogen Infrastructure (SFChron)
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Will Philadelphia Ever Get its S-Bahn?
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The City of Brotherly Love built infrastructure for European-style regional rail almost 40 years ago ... but continues to run it as a 9-to-5 commuter service
Talking Headways Podcast: Less Congestion After Ride Hailing Cessation
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What happens when disruption disrupting the disruptor? Click and find out.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Federal Money for Street Safety (SFExaminer)
- Federal Money for BART, Caltrain, Muni (SFChron)
- More on Berkeley and Single-Family Zoning (Berkeleyside)
- Richmond Shifts Parking Lot for Unhoused (EastBayTimes)
- S.F. Rents Stay Stable (SFWeekly)
- Amazon’s Showplace Square Plan (Socketsite)
- Old St. Mary’s Could Close (SFGate)
- On Driving a House Down the Street (SFGate)
- Letters: On Berkeley’s Proposed Zoning Change (SFChron)
- Commentary: Housing Crisis Will Continue (SFChron)
- Commentary: Subsidize My Car, Not Your SMART Train (MarinIJ)
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Berkeley’s Move Towards Eliminating Single-Family Zoning
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The legacy of exclusionary zoning is that it deprived certain communities the luxury of stability and wealth accumulation, which has left them more vulnerable to displacement as their neighborhoods become more attractive and accessible to wealthier outsiders.
Study: Low-Income Workers Relying More Heavily on Bikeshare
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Low-income and BIPOC workers are more dependent on bikeshare to get around during the pandemic than their wealthy, white counterparts, a new study finds – but the location of docking stations doesn't always prioritize their travel needs.
Legislative Update: Bills About Bikes and Traffic Safety
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Traffic safety, treating a stop sign as a yield sign, e-bike rebates
Commentary: Get Cops out of Crash Investigations
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On June 8, 2016, I was run over by a reckless driver, while in the crosswalk with the light, as I crossed Third Ave at 41st Street in Manhattan on my way to work. The driver dragged me 50 feet and then fled, leaving me for dead. Despite the horrors that I endured, nothing prepared me for the utter failure of the NYPD to investigate my crash.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Market Street is Not Car Free (SFExaminer)
- Will Flex Streets Last? (Oaklandside)
- ‘Free’ Parking = Traffic (JournalistsResource)
- More on Free Transit for Vaccinations (EastBayTimes)
- A Redone Chinatown Park (SFChron)
- Supe Threatens Subpoena for Community Benefits Info (SFChron)
- Bay Area Rents Stabilizing? (SFExaminer)
- Math on Herd Immunity in the Bay Area (SFChron)
- In Case you Were Feeling Hopeful About COVID (SFGate)
- And MORE on Ferris Wheel!? (SFExaminer, SFChron)
- Preserving the Cliff House (SFExaminer)
- Good Bye Fry’s (SFChron)
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Oakland Installs Speed Cushions on 35th Ave
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In response to the death of cyclist Deontae Bush in 2018, Oakland installs another round of safety measures on 35th
Community-Led ‘Beautiful Boulevard’ Plan Puts Bus Rapid Transit into a Walkable Downtown Eagle Rock
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The Beautiful Boulevard proposal would retain mean great BRT, while keeping Colorado Boulevard's median, and upgrading walkability and bikeability.