Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Transit Prep for Pride Parade (ABC7)
- BART Sued Over Ads (EastBayTimes)
- Police ID Man Shot to Death on Muni Train (SFChron)
- More on 14th Street Redesign Approval (Oaklandside)
- Oakland Police Release Video of Driver Who Killed Cyclist Last Thursday (SFGate, EastBayTimes)
- Proposals to Get People with Mental Illness off the Street (SFChron)
- Debate Over Funding Tenderloin Ambassador Program (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- What Would S.F. Look Like with Significantly More Housing (SFExaminer)
- Critics Say State Falls Short in Fighting Climate Change (SFExaminer)
- Remembering Jonathan Waters (Oaklandside)
- Commentary: Let’s Produce More CO2 by Using Wood as Fuel? (SFChron)
- Commentary: Gas Prices Trigger Political Theater (SFExaminer)
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Advocates Decry Proposed ‘Gas Tax Holiday’
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As President Biden urges Congress to give drivers a gas tax "holiday" that experts say won't even significantly ease pain at the pump, advocates are urging him to give Americans emergency relief from car dependency instead.
These U.S. Communities Are Making Safety Progress After Jaywalking Reform
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The Black Lives Matter protests and the pandemic have dramatically shifted the terrain around policing. As a result, the last two years have brought about the first serious rethinking of jaywalking laws in a century, challenging a practically universal American rule that dates back to some of the earliest auto industry lobbying campaigns. Here's what happened next.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Deadly Shooting on Muni (SFGate, SFChron, SFExaminer)
- More on What’s Next after Muni Measure Failure (MassTransit)
- SFMTA Director Tumlin and the LGBTQ Community (CBSLocal)
- Pride Parade Could Again Jam BART (SFChron)
- Vendor Enforcement at 24th Street BART Plaza (MissionLocal)
- Developer Ditches Housing Project at North Concord BART (EastBayTimes)
- S.F.’s Best Parks (SFChron)
- Picking up City Trash (MissionLocal)
- S.F. Not Meeting Tree-Planting Goals (SFExaminer)
- Warriors Champ Recruited to Drive Ferry (SFGate)
- Commentary: Muni Measure Failure Bad Omen for Mayor Breed (48Hills)
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Commentary: Look to Amsterdam, not Antioch, for OakDOT’s New Director
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Only a morally confused person would suggest years of "equity" outreach is required over whether to install infrastructure that prevents people from getting killed or maimed
Opinion: Banning Scooters is Not a Safety Strategy
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St. Louis banned electric scooters following a wave of recent gun violence and traffic safety concerns. The only problem? There's no data that shows that scooters were involved in anyone getting hurt.
New Head of Caltrans: Tony Tavares, Chief of Bay Area and L.A. Districts
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On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Tony Tavares, current Caltrans District 7 Chief, as the new head of Caltrans.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- San Jose to S.F. HSR Plans Finalized (SFExaminer)
- Heat Buckles BART Rails, Causing Derailment (ABC7, SFChron)
- Caltrain Governance Deal (DailyJournal)
- More on Muni Bond’s Failure (MassTransit)
- Motorist Kills Pedestrian in Mission (SFChron)
- Police Arrest Driver Who Injured Pedestrians in Marina District (SFChron)
- Biden to Suspend Gas Tax (EastBayTimes)
- Debating Mayor Breed’s Budget (SFChron)
- Larkspur Extends Parklet Program (MarinIJ)
- Housing Projects Continue to be Delayed (SFChron)
- Commentary: Invest in Multi-Modal Transportation (Cleantecha)
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Hearing on 14th Street Safety Project Comes on Heels of Another Tragedy
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Oakland lawmakers will decide today whether to approve an important safe-street redesign for 14th Street in downtown Oakland. Streetsblog will update this post to reflect the result, however, given what happened Thursday evening, it seems imponderable that anyone on the council would vote against protected bike lanes.
Vehicle-Into-Building Crashes 40% Higher Than Previously Thought
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U.S. drivers ram their cars into buildings about 100 times every single day, according to revised new estimates – and while that's 40 more daily collisions than previously thought, some experts suspect it may still be an undercount.
Study: We Can’t End Car Dependency Without Disincentivizing Driving
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Bad news, livable streets people: Motorists are generally far happier with their daily commutes than we are — an indication that investing in transit, biking and walking alone won't get drivers out of their cars.