Month: February 2009

MTC Committee Could Slash Stim Funds Today for Muni, AC Transit (Beyond Chron) President Obama: The Days of Building Sprawl Are Over (Veritas et Venustas) But the Days of Widening Highways Aren’t (VTA Watch) SF Parks Dept. Will Install 2,000 Parking Meters (SF Gate) Driver Stabs Off-Duty SF Bicycle Cop After “Traffic Altercation”(KTVU) Activists Demand … Continued

Until the city certifies its Draft Environmental Impact Report in a few months and Judge Busch lifts the bicycle injunction, we have to get more resourceful about maintaining our safety as cyclists.

San Francisco's bike injunction has prevented the MTA from testing colored bike lanes on city streets but it's not stopping the Presidio Trust from doing its own experiment.

The debate among policy makers and community stakeholders over the merits of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) versus Light Rail Transit (LRT) is often heated, and usually centers around whether LRT recoups the substantial capital costs of implementation over time versus BRT, and whether BRT has a more substantial carbon impact. Sometimes it can also boil down to a debate over whether buses are sexy enough to get people out of cars and onto transit.

Moments after he delivered the keynote address to the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Oregon's Rep. Earl Blumenauer, head of the Congressional Bike Caucus, met with us for this exclusive one-on-one chat.

Today on the Streetsblog Network, member blog Beyond DC has a question: "Where is the old AASHTO and what have you done with them?"

President Obama Urges Stimulus Passage Without Republican Support (WaPo) Bay Area Activists Should Urge Pelosi to Rescue the Stimulus Package (Beyond Chron) Newsom Won’t Be Among California Mayors in D.C. to Plead for Stim Money (Merc) Oakland Cyclist Who Was Victim of Hit-n-Run Still in Hospital (CBS5) China Close to Taking Over as the World’s … Continued