Today’s Headlines
|- Muni Fined for Cell Phone Use (Curbed)
- Another Operator Sues AC Transit (Curbed)
- Motorist Arrested for Hitting Pedestrian at Alamo Square (Hoodline)
- Autonomous Cars Could Lead to More Traffic (EastBayTimes)
- Benioff Blames Tech Sector for SF Woes (SFGate)
- Housing Above Sansome Firehouse (SFChron)
- Proposal to Tax Vacant Properties (SFExaminer)
- Latest Attempts to Nix Bike and Ped Path on San Rafael Bridge (MarinIJ)
- How Americans Get to Work (Citylab)
- Images of Chinese New Year Sidewalk Markets (SFExaminer)
- SF’s Most Iconic Buildings (Curbed)
- Commentary: Keep Free Parking at BART (EastBayTimes)
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Today’s Headlines
| | 2 Comments- Uber Challenges Bay Area Bike Share Monopoly (SFExaminer)
- BART Approval Rating Down (SFChron)
- Money Saved by Closing Transbay Terminal (SFChron)
- Mayors Endorse Transit-Housing Plan (Curbed)
- Work Begins on Downtown San Jose BART (CBSLocal)
- Pedestrianizing Section of 12th Street (SFWeekly)
- Octavia Tree Removal (Hoodline)
- Trash Piling up on University Ave (Berkeleyside)
- Marin Hits Climate Goals (MarinIJ)
- SMART Train Hits Milestone (MarinIJ)
- Baby on the Bus (SFChron)
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A Crew is Fixing Oakland’s Channel Bike Path
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Well whaddya know
Engineering Group Takes on High Speed Limits
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One barrier to safer, more pedestrian friendly streets is slowing being dismantled.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- Neighbors and Bringing the Central Subway to the Marina (SFWeekly)
- Salesforce Transit Center Repairs Begin (ConstructionDive)
- Caltrain Gets Grant for Positive Train Control (DailyJournal)
- Training Program to Turn Chariot Drivers into Muni Drivers (SFGate)
- More on Training Muni Drivers in Deescalation (CBSLocal)
- Dangerous Lyft and Uber Drivers (SFExaminer)
- Berkeley’s Motor Vehicle Violence this Month (Berkeleyside)
- Berkeley Approves Two Housing Projects Using State Law (Berkeleyside)
- More on North Berkeley BART Development (EastBayTimes)
- Shifting Grade Crossing Elimination Plan in Menlo Park (Almanac)
- New SMART Board Chair (MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Thinking About the Costs of Climate Change (BizTimes)
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Cabin Sleep Bus is in Hibernation
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Sold as a way to sleep away the journey between LA and SF, the 'Cabin' sleep bus crashed into the bumpy realities of rubber tires on asphalt
The Benefits of Congestion Pricing
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Metro CEO Phil Washington to present recommendations for a congestion pricing pilot next week
Governor Newsom Has an Opportunity to Bring Balance
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Three openings on the commission could bring a new perspective to major transportation funding decisions
Biking Way up in Seattle During Highway Closure
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Biking has almost doubled along major corridors in Seattle as the city enters the fourth day of “Viadoom” — the highly publicized closure of State Route 99. Viadoom — or the “period of maximum constraint,” as city officials have called it was billed as a potentially paralyzing traffic nightmare. Monday began the three week period when […]
Talking Headways Podcast: The Future of Transportation Data
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Also, what is the media talking about in terms of new transport technologies and what the best jurisdiction level might be for regulation?
Today’s Headlines
|- Riders Slam Muni (SFBay)
- T-Third Switching to Bus Shuttles (Hoodline)
- Civic Center Station Re-Opens After Flooding (SFExaminer, Curbed)
- 125 Chariot Drivers Sign up for Muni (SFExaminer)
- Woman who Died in Van Ness Station ID’d (SFExaminer)
- Tree Cleared from Pleasant Hill BART Tracks (EastBayTimes)
- More on Naming Street After Oscar Grant (Curbed)
- More on North Berkeley BART Development Plans (Berkeleyside)
- VTA to End Night Bus Route 22 (EastBayTimes)
- Rain Contributes to Fatal Traffic Crashes (SFChron)
- The Evolution of Traffic Info (KQED)
- Batteries Don’t Yet Have Enough Juice for Buses (CityLab)
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