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Plan Bay Area Passes in a Room Full of Paranoid Conservative Activists
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Plan Bay Area, the 25-year regional development and transportation funding strategy, was approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Association of Bay Area Governments last night. The commissions passed a plan that includes some highway expansions and won’t meet the region’s own goals for sustainable transportation, according to projections, but which nevertheless represents a step forward for smart […]
Today’s Headlines
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Bicyclist in Critical Condition After Hit-and-Run Crash in Watsonville (Merc) Driver Charged with Intentionally Running Down Cyclist in Portland (Bike Portland) Caltrain Service Changes Go into Effect Today (NBC 11) Media News Editorial Blasts High-Speed Rail Project, Calls It "Highly Questionable" Planner Considers a Less Car Dependent Napa County (North Bay Business Journal) Chronicle Op-Ed: […]
Call for Regional Coordination of Land Use and Transportation
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It appears a consensus is forming among local governments that building more livable and sustainable communities is an immediate priority. At a conference in San Francisco yesterday, elected officials from across the Bay Area, along with business, housing, development and transportation groups, called for a coordinated land use and transportation planning strategy to account for […]
“Grow Smart Bay Area” Promotes Development as a Tool for Change
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Click the map to enlarge. Image: Greenbelt Alliance. Even as our freeways and bridges in the Bay Area are choked with traffic for hours every day, the population in the region is projected to grow from over 7 million now to over 9 million by 2025. Deciding where to build housing to accommodate the growth […]
Visionary Transpo Bureaucrats, Part 2: Keith Parker and Mike McKeever
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This is the second part in Streetsblog’s series profiling 11 officials who are bringing American cities and towns into the 21st century when it comes to transportation and planning policy. Read the first three profiles in part one. Keith Parker President and CEO, VIA Transit, San Antonio (formerly director of the Charlotte Area Transit System, […]
New Vision for the Bay Area: Using Freeways for a High-Quality Regional Transit System
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TransForm proposes a new system of "rail-like rubber-tire transit" using managed lanes on area freeways