Day: January 6, 2012
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New Bill Could Free CA Planners to Use More Innovative Bikeway Designs
Physically protected bikeways have been implemented with great success in cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington, DC. But in California, where such facilities are still considered "experimental" by Caltrans, outdated state standards make it difficult for transportation planners to implement them.
January 6, 2012
Commuter Transit Tax Break Could Reclaim Parity With Parking in 2012
As Congress prepares to reconvene and take up the payroll tax cut extension yet again, a movement is forming to restore the transit commuter tax benefit to 2011 levels.
January 6, 2012
Was Eric Cantor Forced to Ride This Bike?
Eric Cantor, I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and believe that 60 Minutes forced you to pose for this shot.
January 6, 2012
Seattle Bridge Toll Eases Traffic. Will It Boost Transit, Too?
Located on a pair of peninsulas, the city of Seattle isn’t so easy to reach from its eastern suburbs. Only two bridges cross Lake Washington. Newly-installed tolls across one of the two, the SR-520 bridge, have the potential to seriously reshape travel patterns in the region.
January 6, 2012
Today’s Headlines
SFPark Leads to Increased Meter Revenue, Fewer Tickets (SFGate, SF Examiner) Driver Threatens Parking Control Officer With Bat (SF Examiner) Getting Around the Bay in 2012 Just Got Harder and More Expensive (Transpo Nation) Help Sought in Finding Kin of Man Killed in Hit-and-Run on Christmas Eve (SFGate) How the State Will Pick California’s Redevelopment Carcass … Continued
January 6, 2012