Improving Daly City’s “Top of the Hill” for Walking and Transit
Last Saturday, Daly City officials and residents convened to celebrate a newly built transit plaza, the centerpiece of the long-awaited $3.4 million Top of the Hill project, which includes a series of pedestrian and streetscape improvements along three blocks of Mission Street between John Daly Boulevard and Parkview Avenue. The project was constructed with $2.3 million from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and $700,000 from the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans).
July 5, 2013
Today’s Headlines
BART Strike Ends, Trains to Run by 3 p.m. Today (SF Gate, SF Examiner, CoCo Times, ABC) Strikes Cost Transit Agencies, But May Also Attract New Riders (SF Business Times) …Not to Mention New Bike Commuters (CBS, SF Weekly) What If BART Included Marin County as Originally Planned? (Marin IJ) More Cars on Most Bay Area Bridges … Continued
July 5, 2013
The Sorry State of Caltrans’ Dumbarton Bridge and Bay Trail
The Dumbarton Bridge, which connects Menlo Park in southern San Mateo County with Fremont in the East Bay, remains the only bridge that allows bicyclists and pedestrians to cross the San Francisco Bay from east to west, with an eight-foot wide path on its southern side. From the bridge, the path continues for three miles along Bayfront Expressway (Highway 84) through Menlo Park to Marsh Road. It's an important biking and walking connection for both commuting and recreation.
June 28, 2013