Damien Newton
Recent Posts
Lessons from Measure RR for a 2022 Regional Ballot Measure
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"So, the lessons from Measure RR are that public agency led vision and outreach, multiple stakeholders working together with a public owner and broad coalition working to get the measure passed are going to work best to get measures passed."
Announcing the 2020 Streetsie Award Winners
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People Protected, Scraper Bikes, Oakland DOT's Slow Streets Team and San Jose Bike Plan Team
Listening to Voices for Public Transportation: Work Now to Build a Better Ballot Initiative for 2022
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The Voices for Public Transportation Coalition is looking at where we are and seeing three phases for transit.
Streetsblog California Endorses Measure RR
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Streetsblog California joins the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury-News, Seamless Bay Area, the Greenbelt Alliance, Streetsblog San Francisco and many other groups representing transit riders, environmentalists and Bay Area residents to support the measure.
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Margarita Parra Cobaleda and Shiloh Ballard
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We close out the series with a dual interview with Shiloh Ballard, the executive director of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, and Margarita Parra Cobaleda, a director with I ebike and board member of SVBC.
As California AG, Kamala Harris Took a Political Risk to Fight Climate Change
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When much of the establishment was praising a flawed Long Range Plan for San Diego, Harris joined local enviros to take SANDAG to court
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Jeffrey Buchanan
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Policy Director of Working Partnerships Discusses What Can Be Done Now to Build a Great Ballot Measure
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Steven Higashide
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It's also important to marry some of the resources that business groups can provide with organizing and leadership from groups that are led by people of color, groups that are organizing transit riders.
Open Thread: Muni Approves a Handful of Temporary Bus-Only Lanes
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The transit lanes would be installed in late summer and striped only with white paint, “Bus/Taxi Only” stenciling and signage.
Defunding the Police: Berkeley Considers Shifting Traffic Enforcement to a New DOT
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The legislation, entitled "BerkDOT: Reimagining Transportation for a Racially Just Future" creates a new city Department of Transportation that will be responsible for traffic stops, ticketing, and parking enforcement.
Touting Positive Polling, Caltrain Prepares for Sales Tax Push
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Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. It’s no secret that transit agencies have been hit hard by the COVID-19 slowdown. But even as Caltrain warns that crippling cuts […]
Homeless Count 2020: Depressing but Not Surprising Rise in Number of Homeless
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Housing Authority blames racism, lack of affordable housing