Year: 2009
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In Miami, a Step Forward for Pedestrians
Big news out of Miami last week as the city government approved "Miami 21," which the Congress for the New Urbanism calls "the most ambitious contemporary zoning code reform yet undertaken by a major U.S. city."
October 26, 2009
Bicyclist Killed in Redwood City Was a Fixture of Peninsula Bike Paths
Mary Yonkers, 58, of San Mateo, was killed by a truck driver while riding her bicycle to work on Shoreway Road in Redwood City last week.
October 23, 2009
Painting Eyes on the Street: Debut of SF’s Art in Storefronts Program
Building off Jane Jacob's maxim that more eyes on a street make the street feel safer, the San Francisco Arts Commission has commissioned numerous artists to display their projects in abandoned storefronts as part of the Art in Storefronts program, and as the photo above illustrates, some of those eyes are literally watching you.
October 23, 2009
Could Off-Peak “Bargain Fares” Bring More Revenue to Muni and BART?
The new head of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Jay Walder, is considering a novel approach to attracting more transit riders: lowering fares during off-peak hours. In an interview with the New York Times he outlined his ambition to get more out of a system designed for peak capacity, even late at nights and on weekends.
October 23, 2009
Senate Signals 6-Month Delay for Transport Bill — But Will the House Agree?
The Senate is leaning towards abandoning the Obama administration's
push for an 18-month delay of the next long-term transportation bill
and now plans to pursue a six-month extension of existing federal
infrastructure law, according to a report from CQ this afternoon:
October 23, 2009
Obama: Climate Pessimism More Dangerous Than Climate Deniers
In a speech much anticipated by those tracking the D.C.
environmental debate, President Obama today took on opponents of
congressional action on climate change, decrying "naysayers" who "make
cynical claims" that ignore scientific evidence of the harm caused by
emissions.
October 23, 2009
Mobility as a Basic Human Right
Advocates of sustainable transportation are sometimes charged with elitism and criticized for being out of touch with the mainstream of America. A new exhibit of photographs showing in Los Angeles, "Without a Car in the World:
100 Car-Less Angelenos Tell Stories of Living in LA," graphically makes
the point that the people who have the most to gain from effective
public transportation and complete streets are hardly the elite.
October 23, 2009
Muni May Convert 2-Clement to Electric Trolley Bus
After two MTA board meetings filled with passionate though civil debate over the alignment of the shortened 2-Clement, the MTA has finally settled on a terminus for the line. Instead of the two options that brought out well-organized opposition at previous meetings, 2-Clement buses will layover at an existing bus stop on the south side of Clement Street, just west of 14th Avenue - but only for six months. After that, the MTA will review the terminus location, and hopes to replace the line with an electric trolley bus that would run on California Street instead, taking advantage of existing overhead wires on Sutter, Presidio, and California Streets.
October 22, 2009