Today’s Headlines
|- SFMTA Promises Improvements at Deadly Intersection (SFExaminer)
- Clipper 2 Coming (EastBayTimes)
- More on JUMP Bikes Pilot and Popularity (SFBay)
- Oakland’s New Scooter Rules (EastBayTimes)
- Proposal to Limit Offices in Union Square (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- Housing Prices Segregating the Bay Area (SFChron)
- SF’s Overnight RV Parking Fight (SFExaminer, SFChron)
- Mobility Plans from Different Cities (Curbed)
- Unspoken Rules for Riding Muni (SFChron)
- Community Benefit Districts Linked to Displacement (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: Housing and Transportation Causes are Linked (SFExaminer)
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Vancouver Mayoral Candidate Attacks Bike Lanes … For the Moms!
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Do not try to use single moms to make your case against bike lanes -- especially on Twitter.
Today’s Headlines
|- More JUMP Bikes Coming? (SFExaminer)
- Cable Car Fares Uncollected (SFChron)
- More on Housing Project at Lake Merritt BART (SFChron)
- More on Excelsior Housing Project Falling Through (Hoodline)
- Salesforce Transit Center is Prime Real Estate (Forbes)
- More on Tiburon-Angel Island Ferry (SFChron, MarinIJ)
- Pedestrian Seriously Injured in Tenderloin Collision (Hoodline)
- Bay Area Has Third Worst Traffic in U.S. (EastBayTimes)
- Robin Williams Meadow (SFWeekly, Curbed)
- Letters: Manhattanization, Bike Panacea (SFChron)
- Commentary: Support Affordable Housing Prop (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Mill Valley Wants to be More Bikey (MarinIJ)
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The Point of California’s Global Climate Action Summit
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The focus of the summit was on industry's bottom line, and whether it's possible to “do good while doing well,” rather than encouraging people to make the changes necessary to slow climate change.
How Long Will ‘Rapid Response Team’ Take to Fix Deadly Crosswalk?
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It's unclear if speed was a factor in this crash, lack of visibility due to blocked sight-lines, or, most likely, some combination.
Insights from TranspoGroup’s Autonomous Vehicles Conference
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Autonomous Vehicles are coming sometime soon - they're expected to increase driving and decrease transit trips, but cities can prepare for them now.
Lack of Housing Is Hurting Urban Workers Far More Than Congestion
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Living near jobs in the first place is much more advantageous for workers than having access to free-flowing highways, new research finds.
This Week: BART D8 Forum, Geary Community Advisory, Inclusive Community
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday/tonight! BART District 8 Candidate Forum. With Nick Josefowitz leaving, there’s an open seat for District 8. Come hear how BART board candidates plan to address the many challenges BART is facing and discuss their visions for the future of BART. Join the S.F. Transit Riders for a […]
Today’s Headlines
| | 3 Comments- Muni Operators Tired of Threats and Danger (SFExaminer, SFChron)
- More on Automatic Control Damage in Twin Peaks Tunnel (Curbed)
- BART Preps Early Morning Bus Service for Seismic Retrofit (SFChron)
- Planned Development for Lake Merritt BART (Hoodline, CBSLocal)
- Oakland’s Plans to Make Scooters Affordable (KALW)
- More on Cyclist Killed at Howard/S. Van Ness (Hoodline, SFExaminer)
- Hit-and-Run Motorist Kills Pedestrian in Santa Rosa (SFGate)
- Putting Navigation Centers Outside City (SFChron)
- More on Angel Island Ferry Dispute (SFChron)
- Parents, Kids and Lessons from Transit Overseas (Curbed)
- Commentary: Homes not Cars on Divisadero (SFExaminer)
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Op-ed: Before Breed Axes Transit Chief, Crucial Changes Needed at City Hall
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Sacking Ed Reiskin won't accomplish anything without a paradigm shift in governance
It’s Over! Vancouver Has ‘Sorriest Bus Stop’
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The horrendous bus stop on the Lougheed Highway in Pitt Meadows, just outside of Vancouver, has won our annual contest, trouncing Cincinnati in a 58%-42% landslide.