Month: July 2013

Agenda

Agenda

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve $10 million to boost SamTrans service and $156,000 to create a new full-time bicycle and pedestrian coordinator position over the next two years. The funds come from Measure A, a ten-year, half-cent sales tax approved by voters last November, which is expected to generate $64 million this year.

They're waist deep in the transportation appropriations process in Washington right now, and what's on the table is a study in contrasts. The House budget would zero out the popular TIGER program and slash funding for Amtrak, even as it shatters ridership records. President Obama has promised to veto it should it wind up on his desk.

Caltrans Installing Temporary Bay Bridge Fix (KTVU), Labor Day Opening Possible (ABC) BART Considers Renting Hundreds of Buses in Case of August Strike (KTVU, SF Weekly) Both BART Management and Unions Working Hard to Win Public Support (SF Business Times) Stanley Roberts: Drivers Behaving Badly on I-80 (YouTube) Hayward Installs 11 Bicycle-Shaped Bike Racks to … Continued

A citywide overhaul of bicycle parking requirements for new development will be adopted after the Board of Supervisors approved the legislation unanimously on Tuesday.

Thanks to Lisa Ratner for shooting this video on Polk last Friday.

Before he gained worldwide notoriety as the mayor allegedly caught on tape smoking crack, Toronto's Rob Ford was perhaps best known as the mayor who said, "Bicyclists are a pain in the ass!"

Should the nation’s largest infrastructure loan program finance projects that make the transportation system more productive and efficient? Hell no, says Senator David Vitter, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Hundreds of millions of dollars should be available to any old project that comes along, as long as it has a good shot at repaying the loan.