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This Week in Livable Streets Events
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How are cities preparing to deal with climate change? How is light rail working out for Santa Clara County? What does a bicycle ballet look like? These question and more answered in this week’s events. Here are the highlights. Tuesday: SPUR Lunchtime Forum: How U.S. cities are preparing for climate change. The Center for Clean […]
Bill Would Streamline Transit, Bike, and Ped Projects
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Somewhere along the way California's environmental laws were subverted... SB 288 is a another small step towards correcting that
This Week in Livable Streets Events
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This week, get up to date on the city’s neighborhood plans, hear about the latest transit information for your cell phone, and find a Valentine who shares your love of bikes and chocolate. Here are the week’s highlights: Monday: SFBC Phone Banking. Volunteer to phone bank with the SFBC: no cold calling, just simple reminders […]
SPUR Forum: How the Sacramento Kings Reformed CEQA
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From SPUR: Reforming the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has been a goal for many since the law first passed. The stars aligned in 2013, when a basketball stadium deal eventually brought about the end of “level of service” (LOS) analysis in transportation. Come hear the inside scoop of what happened, why the change is […]
A Straighter Extension of Caltrain/HSR Into Downtown SF: Is It Worth It?
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By 2029, San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center — which has been called the “Grand Central of the West” — will allow people to hop on an electrified Caltrain to San Jose and high-speed rail down to Southern California from the same platform. That’s the vision, at least, of planners working on the extension of Caltrain […]
SPUR Lunchtime Forum: Implementing the TEP
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From SPUR: Image credit: Flickr user Telstar Logistics Over the past several years, Muni staff has been busy implementing the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP), a system-wide analysis of how to make Muni more convenient for current riders while attracting new customers. Among the goals of the TEP are to improve reliability and efficiency, reduce travel times […]