Day: March 22, 2012

Reps. John Mica, Dave Camp, and John Duncan have formally introduced a bill that would extend federal transportation programs until June 30, without any changes to funding, policy, or gas taxes. It is officially known as H.R. 4239.

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This is the second in a series of reports about sustainable transportation policies in Mexico City. Last week, Streetsblog participated in a tour of the city led by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. A previous installment covered pedestrian improvements in the city and a third will discuss its bicycle planning.

In Seattle, the Parking Garage That Transit Built: Seattle's Sound Transit must not have read our article the other day about how little-known regulations nickel and dime transit agencies, because it's taking on additional expense beyond those costly mandates. Network blog PubliCola reports that Sound Transit is planning a 500-space parking garage to replace 100 spaces that will be removed to make way for its new Northgate light rail stop.

SFMTA’s Budget Deficit Grows to $29M This Fiscal Year (SF Examiner) “Fast Start” HSR Proposal Splits Cost of Caltrain Electrification (Mercury News, SFGate) Residential Parking Permits in SF Now Renewable Online (SFGate) Pedicab Service Proposed in the Haight, Divisadero, Golden Gate Park (Uppercasing) SF Man Found Dead on Bike Tour in Death Valley (SFGate, BCN via ABC 7) Uptown Almanac Critiques Temporary, Minimalist Muni … Continued