Month: August 2012
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How Handicap Placard Abuse Threatens SF’s Parking Reforms
If cities needed any more reason to curb handicap placard abuse, here it is. The authors of a new study out of Los Angeles point out that rampant placard abuse threatens to undermine performance parking programs like SFPark by skewing the data and the price of parking, the Atlantic Cities explains:
August 31, 2012
The Big Deception in Mitt Romney’s Global Warming Brush-Off
Well, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney declined to get into details about his plans for the nation's transportation system during his big speech in Tampa last night. Romney has been tight-lipped about actual policy recommendations throughout his campaign, although a platform released by the GOP this week was basically a worst case scenario for sustainable transportation and had the hallmarks of a Big Oil-fueled propaganda campaign.
August 31, 2012
Wheelchair Pedestrian Critically Injured at JFK and 8th Ave. in GG Park
We should never have to report about a traffic injury in Golden Gate Park, but as long as cars are allowed, there will be stories like this one.
August 30, 2012
Tennessee DOT Moves Past Road-Widening as a Congestion Reduction Strategy
In the late eighties and nineties, every traffic issue the Tennessee Department of Transportation faced was assigned the same solution: a bypass. But over the years, the department has come around to a new way of doing things, according to 40-year TDOT veteran Ralph Comer. Comer says the current commissioner, John Schroer, wants to become known as the “no-bypass commissioner.” He simply believes there are usually more cost-effective ways of solving transportation problems.
August 30, 2012
No More Suburban Office Parks for Downtown Cincinnati
Cincinnati, a midsized river city in the generally anti-urban state of Ohio, is -- surprise! -- becoming a real leader in sustainable urban development. Work on the city's hard-won streetcar project is underway now, to the ire of the state's governor and the region's congressman.
August 30, 2012
New State Bill Would Streamline CEQA Reviews for Bike Lanes
More good bike news from the California legislature this week: The extensive and costly environmental reviews required for on-street bike lanes would be streamlined under a bill approved unanimously by the State Assembly on Monday. The bill, AB 2245, would relieve planners of needing to conduct environmental impact reports (EIRs) for bike lane projects, which are required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The bill is expected to be signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown next month.
August 29, 2012
SFMTA May Test Two-Way Bikeways on the Embarcadero
A two-way protected bikeway along the Embarcadero could get a trial in the coming months. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is considering implementing a temporary two-way bikeway along the waterfront during the next America's Cup events in October, according to an agency report. The agency is also developing plans for a more permanent bikeway along the Embaracdero near Pier 39, from Kearny to Powell Streets.
August 29, 2012
They Totally Went There: GOP Outlines Extremist Transpo Views in Platform
In all issue areas, the Republicans outdid themselves on far-right-wing pandering with their new platform, approved yesterday in Tampa. Transportation is no exception.
August 29, 2012