Elizabeth Stampe

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Speed cameras could reduce speed-related crashes like the one at Pine and Gough Streets that killed a teen and put his mother in a coma in 2013. Image: NBC

Study: Speed cameras save lives

By John Greenfield | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

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

By Roger Rudick | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

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

By Roger Rudick | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

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 […]

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Legislative Update: Transit Boards, High-Speed Rail, New Agencies

By Melanie Curry | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

Continuing our very early look at upcoming California bills

The corner where Boyle was killed in a right-hook crash with the driver of a gravel truck. Image: Google map

Livermore Police Blame Hit & Run Victim for Her Own Death

By Roger Rudick | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

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.

The last time car crash rates were this high, we were driving Model Ts. Left: Snappygoat via Creative Commons.

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REPORT: Increase in Death Rate in 2020 Highest One-Year Spike in Almost a Century

By Kea Wilson | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

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.

Like a lot of U.S. politicians, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio isn't exactly known for getting around on public transportation. Image: Streetsblog NYC.

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Opinion: How Elected Officials Can Improve Public Transit: It Starts with Actually Riding the Bus

By Josh Cohen | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

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

By Roger Rudick | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

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 […]

Colored asphalt for a bike path getting applied in Munich. Photo from the "Coloured Asphalt" website

Commentary: Time for a Tint?

By Roger Rudick | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

SFMTA and OakDOT need to up their game when it comes to bike lane markings and go with a more durable solution

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Talking Headways Podcast: City Legibility and Wayfinding

By Jeff Wood | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

A podcast on why it's important to sometimes get lost.