Today’s Headlines

  • Bike Plan EIR Should Be Certified By June, Lanes Striped By August (SFBG) (SF Gate) (Ecolocalizer)
  • SFCTA Releases $36 Million of Prop K Funds to Speed Doyle Drive Project (Examiner)
  • City Departments Budget $1.2 Million for Air Travel; Newsom Starts CO2 Offset Fund (Examiner)
  • When a Tanker Truck Explodes on 280 This Weekend, Don’t Worry, It’s Just for TV (Examiner)
  • EPA Announces It Will Regulate Greenhouse Gases (NYT)
  • Governors Propose Using Stim Funds On I-5 Corridor for "Green Fuel" Stations (Grist)
  • Driving Declined in January for 14th Straight Month (Infrastructurist)
  • Tata’s $2,000 Car, The Nano, Debuts in India, Could Come to the U.S. (NYT, Reuters)
  • Why Don’t Papers Describe Traffic Deaths Like Other Killings? (GGW via Streetsblog.net)

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Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
It’s Election Day (SF Appeal, SF Gate, SFist) L.A. Road Rage Doc Convicted of Assault on Bicyclists (LAT, VeloNews, Streetsblog LA) Bicyclist Struck and Killed by AC Transit Bus Driver in Hayward (BCN via ABC7) Driver Arrested on Assault Charges After Nearly Hitting a Parking Officer (Press Democrat) Budget Update on Today’s MTA Board Agenda; […]

Today’s Headlines

By Bryan Goebel |
Supervisor John Avalos Takes the Lead on the Muni Budget (Beyond Chron)  SF Examiner: "Higher Muni Fare Evasion Fines Pitched" Sizing Up Muni at Bay to Breakers (SF Appeal) BART Director Fang Insists Phone Card Will Prove Translink Obsolete (Matier & Ross)  Independent Auditor Would Investigate Civilian Complaints Against BART Police (SF Gate) Examiner Editorial […]

Today’s Headlines

By Matthew Roth |
MTC Proposes Raising Bridge Tolls in 2010 (Examiner) Silicon Valley Shuttles Upsetting Noe Valley Residents (Examiner) 2-Time Cable Car Bell Ringing Champion Oats Wins Again (SF Gate) San Jose City Council Won’t Give Up Car Allowance (Merc) Novato Considers Intersection Improvements After Death of 9-Year Old (Marin IJ) SamTrans Considers Service and Employee Cuts (SM […]

A Reminder: Congestion Pricing Will Save Lives

By Aaron Bialick |
Congestion pricing resurfaced this week thanks to an SF Examiner article that was picked up by several other media sources, rightly framing it as a way to save lives. The Examiner highlighted a Department of Public Health report from 2011 [PDF], which estimated that in 2015, if drivers were charged $3 for heading into downtown […]

Fire Chief’s Pedestrian Victim-Blaming: Wrong and Dangerous

By Aaron Bialick |
There’s no telling where San Francisco Fire Chief Johanne Hayes-White got the patently false stats on pedestrian safety she cited to the SF Examiner yesterday. Hayes-White argued that the city shouldn’t build proven pedestrian safety upgrades because most people hit by drivers while walking are to blame for their own injuries. The Fire Department hasn’t […]

Today’s Headlines

By Matthew Roth |
MTA Board Will Consider Fare Hikes, Line Cuts, Furloughs, Downsizing, Crying (SF Gate) Lowes Eyes Bayshore Blvd Location Formerly Sought by Home Depot (Examiner) (SF Gate) More on Street Repair Bond, KFC Marketers Said to Be Dismayed (Examiner) Caltrain Agrees to Share ROW With HSR for Electrification Deal (CBS 5) Planetizen Asks If High-Speed Rail […]