SF Board of Supervisors Meeting
Key items:
- Resolution urging the SFMTA to implement a Full-Scale Bike Sharing Program by 2014
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Talking Headways Podcast: Competing with Car Ownership
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This week we’re joined by the head of Zipcar, Angelo Adams! We talk about how Zipcar gets parking spaces, how they find customers, the benefits of car sharing and how the company’s biggest competitor is car ownership.
Feds Take Baby Step Towards Maybe, Possibly Improving the Car Safety Rating Program
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Europe is so far ahead of us on this.
Electeds, DC Advocates Ride Together For Policy Change
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A recent ride through the nation’s capital brought advocates and politicos together to experience life behind a set of handlebars — and rally support for new policies that could make that experience less deadly.
Opinion: Could You Go a Week Without Driving? (Yes — And Here’s Why You Should)
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If you can drive and can afford a car, you probably don’t understand what it’s like to rely, day in and out, on walking, rolling, transit, or asking or paying for rides. But this is every day for non-drivers.
Today’s Headlines
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Mayor Breed Joins Call for State Transit Bailout (SFChron) Muni to Expand Service on Major Bus Routes (SFExaminer) How Transportation Availability Impacts Health (Axios) Mission’s New Parklet Permits (MissionLocal) More on Slow Streets (SFNews) Palo Alto Considers Bicycle Underpass (PaloAltoOnline) More on Tuesday’s Traffic Violence (MissionLocal) Another Retailer Leaving Downtown S.F. (SFChron) Advocates Push Back […]
Commentary: Spin Can’t Save Lives
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KPIX runs a report that makes it seem as if SFMTA has succeeded at making streets safer; that's just counterfactual