SFMTA Engineering Hearing
Includes Muni Transit Effectiveness Project changes on Haight and McAllister Streets, and more.
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Op-Ed: The Business Case For Cargo Bikes
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As traffic volumes increase in our city centers, partly fueled by deliveries from a COVID boosted e-commerce sector, organizations are looking for a silver bullet for urban logistics. But has it been sitting right here under our noses all this time?
Today’s Headlines
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Transit Operators have Big Hopes for Biden (SFExaminer) Essential Workers Fear BART Cutbacks (SFChron) BART Ambassadors Program Formalized (SFExaminer) Will Voters Support Public Transit? (MassTransit) More on Court Challenge to Regional Measure 3 (NorthBayBizJournal) Muni Operator Collides Bus with Cyclist (SFExaminer) Atherton Caltrain Closure Vote Delayed (Almanac) Will ‘Slow Streets’ Continue After Pandemic? (SFGate) ‘Shared […]
Mayor Blasts Oakland/Alameda Freeway Plan
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Alameda Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft calls B.S. on a Caltrans, Alameda County plan to turn the Webster and Posey tubes into I-880 ramps
Raising city gas tax could prevent COVID carmaggedon
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Raising the city gas tax a few cents a gallon would help deter unnecessary car trips while addressing the budget shortfall, without causing undue fiscal pain for residents.
Today’s Headlines
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BART Cuts Coming? (SFChron) BART Adds Social Work/Ambassadors (SFChron) Injuries Down, but Death Rate Still High on S.F. Streets (SFChron) More on Affordable Housing by Balboa Park Station (SFNews) Bikeway Connector in Marin (MarinIJ) More on Park Near Bay Bridge Toll Plaza (SFExaminer) Bay Area’s Growth Plan Eyes Silicon Valley (Almanac) Walnut Creek Approves Transportation […]
How Auto Insurers Subsidize Car Carnage
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It costs less to insure an SUV, despite its role in the pedestrian death crisis. And drunk drivers barely pay more for insurance (why can they even get insurance again?).