San Mateo County Supes Vote to Fund Bike/Ped Coordinator, SamTrans
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.
July 26, 2013
Today’s Headlines
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
July 26, 2013
Today’s Headlines
BART Unions Blast Negotiator (SFGate, SF Exam, KTVU, ABC); A Look at Rising Pension Costs (Merc) BART Displays Model Train Cars of the Future at MacArthur Station (CoCo Times, CBS) Chris Bucchere Pleads Guilty (SFGate) More on Plan Bay Area’s Passage From Jason Henderson (SFBG), Plus Discussion on KQED Forum An 11-Year-Old’s Take on Biking in San Francisco (HuffPo) Stanley … Continued
July 23, 2013
On the Peninsula, Demand Could Overwhelm Limited Bike-Share Launch
All the way down the Peninsula, excitement around the pilot launch of Bay Area Bike Share comes tempered with a dose of concern about the small number of bikes that will be clustered around Caltrain stations in five cities.
July 18, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Hit-and-Run Driver Hospitalizes 59-Year-Old Woman Walking in Bayview (SF Weekly, SF Appeal) SF Examiner Makes a Strong Case for Re-Orienting San Francisco’s Streets Around People, Not Cars More on the Watered-Down Plan to Preserve Parking on Polk Street (SF Examiner) Supervisor Eric Mar to Hold Committee Hearing on Bike Theft Today (Cyclelicious) City Officials Cut Ribbon on New Brannan Street Wharf … Continued
July 18, 2013