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Commentary: Bay Area Needs a Green New Deal

By Bob Allen | Aug 15, 2019 | 15 Comments
We are failing to meet essential state and regional climate goals.
Image: Wikimedia Commons
This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Decision time: Sustainable and Equitable Transportation or a Bankrupt BART?

By Bob Allen | May 14, 2018 | 44 Comments
Build the BRT, address the needs of current riders, and grow ridership by investing in improved reliability and affordability so that all Bay residents have better access to equitable and sustainable transportation now and in the future.

Commentary: Driving Deeper into the Climate Crisis

By Bob Allen | Nov 1, 2017 | 4 Comments
The North Bay fires are a painful reminder of the disastrous impact of climate change. Unfortunately, the federal government’s most recent responses to the climate crisis include eliminating the Obama Administration’s attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, known as the Clean Power Program. Now more than ever, the Bay Area has to […]

Commentary: Why SF Housing Props G and K Matter for Smart Growth

By Bob Allen, Fernando Martí, Peter Cohen and Tom Radulovich | Oct 29, 2014 | 43 Comments
Editor’s note: This is a guest op-ed authored by Urban Habitat, the Council of Community Housing Organizations, and Livable City tying sustainable transportation to two housing policy measures that will be put to voters on Tuesday. It does not necessarily reflect the views of Streetsblog. Smart Growth at a Crossroads: It’s time to stand up for […]

AC Transit Riders Fight For Their Right to Ride, 55 Years After Montgomery

By Bob Allen and Marcy Rein | Dec 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
Editor’s note: This story is being re-published from Race, Poverty and the Environment, a magazine produced by the social and environmental justice non-profit, Urban Habitat. Fifty-five years to the month after the start of the Montgomery bus boycott, people of color can sit wherever they want on the bus—when and if one arrives. Bus operators […]
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