Eli Wirtschafter
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Caltrans Gets Award for Creating Another Bike and Pedestrian Hellscape
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Self-congratulations over two recently opened projects show the agency has no idea what constitutes safe infrastructure
This Week: Vision Zero, Broadway Valdez Plan, Pay for Infrastructure
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday Vision Zero Task Force. The Vision Zero Task Force is chaired by the SFMTA and the San Francisco Department of Public Health and has over 40 members. It provides feedback and input on key Vision Zero policies and efforts, ensuring that San Francisco communities have an opportunity […]
Cap-and-Trade Grants for Affordable Housing: Recommendations Released
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Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities grants to be voted on by Strategic Growth Council next week
Today’s Headlines
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More Planning for Second Transbay Tube (SFExaminer) Should Central Subway go to Presidio? (Curbed) More on Cost of BART Fare Evasion (SFChron) Ridership Growth on Richmond Ferry (SFExaminer) Muni Removing Unofficial Transgender Safety Signs (SFExaminer) Beginner’s Guide to Cycling San Francisco (Curbed) Housing Approved for 444 Divisadero (Curbed) Neighbors Oppose City College Housing Plan (SFExaminer) […]
BART Train Plant Moving to Pittsburg, CA
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Trains won't have to be shipped 3,000 miles anymore. But there remains some irony.
Building a Safer Mid-Block Crossing
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Regular crosswalks don't cut it at mid block. But there are lots of low-cost ways to upgrade mid-block crossings and save lives.
Today’s Headlines
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BART Approves Fare Hikes (SFExaminer, EastBayTimes, SFChron) Can City Convince Public Transbay Terminal is Safe? (SFChron) S.F. Property Owners Maintain Streets City Rejects (SFChron) Oakland to Put Traffic Light on Foothill/26th (EastBayTimes) Unofficial Signs on Muni (Hoodline) Huge Street Tree Topples on Sutter Street (SFChron) Agreement Reached on Housing Bond (SFExaminer) Huge New Silicon Valley Mixed […]
SPUR Talk: Equity, Outreach, and the Oakland Bike Plan
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In East Oakland, it’s all but impossible to separate bicycle infrastructure from fears of gentrification and displacement. So when it comes to bike lanes “I still have questions about who it is for?” admitted Phoenix Mangrum of Cycles of Change, a bicycle education youth program founded in 1998 and based in East Oakland’s San Antonio district. When Mangrum […]
10 Different Scooter Companies Are Coming to Chicago for 4-Month Pilot
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Will the scooters be an asset to Chicago's sustainable transportation network, or will they introduce a new set of dangers and annoyances to urban life? Only time will tell.
States Aren’t Even Trying to Reduce Traffic Deaths
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Most states are aiming for more traffic deaths under a new federal program requiring them to set targets.