Elizabeth Stampe
Recent Posts
Study: Speed cameras save lives
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Fatal or serious injury crashes increased by 1 percent near speed cameras between 2012-13 and 2017-18, compared to a 19 percent increase citywide.
This Week: Youth Transportation, Public Comment Training, Bike Theft Prevention
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most in-person events have been canceled. Here is a list of (mostly) online/webinar events this week.
Today’s Headlines
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Covid Reshaping Streets (SFExaminer) Street Mural Love Letter to Slow Streets (SFGate) Reduce Ferry Fares, Increase Service? (SFChon, CBSLocal, KTVU) More on Completion Date for Central Subway (SFBay) Republicans Try to Strip Transit from COVID Relief (FoxNews) Police Seek Hit & Run Driver (SFExaminer) “Work from Home” Moving People to Central Valley? (SFChron) History of […]
Legislative Update: Transit Boards, High-Speed Rail, New Agencies
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Continuing our very early look at upcoming California bills
Livermore Police Blame Hit & Run Victim for Her Own Death
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A truck driver right hooked, ran over, and killed Christine Boyle while she was riding the Iron Horse trail. Then he fled the scene. Police file no charges and blame Boyle.
REPORT: Increase in Death Rate in 2020 Highest One-Year Spike in Almost a Century
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Total annual mileage dropped about 13 percent during the pandemic, meaning that the one-year increase in the death rate was the highest since 1924.
Opinion: How Elected Officials Can Improve Public Transit: It Starts with Actually Riding the Bus
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While local officials debate the best ways to improve their respective transit systems, the truth is that most of them lack a real-world perception of their own local transit systems.
Today’s Headlines
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Commute Traffic, BART Ridership, Remains Light (CBSLocal) More on Bringing Back Cable Cars and Streetcars (RT&S) Transit at A’s Proposed Howard Terminal Site (TheAthletic) More on Woman Killed by Motorist in Outer Mission (SFChron) Groundbreaking on Supportive Housing (SFChron, SFExaminer) Google Funding Affordable Housing Projects (SFChron) Fairfax Renames Francis Drake Blvd. (MarinIJ) Turnouts Reduce Cyclist/Motorist […]
Commentary: Time for a Tint?
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SFMTA and OakDOT need to up their game when it comes to bike lane markings and go with a more durable solution
Talking Headways Podcast: City Legibility and Wayfinding
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A podcast on why it's important to sometimes get lost.