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This Week: Go Dutch, Hunters Point, Driver’s Ed

By Roger Rudick | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

A bike path in Amsterdam. Image: Px Here via Creative Commons

Q&A: Dutch Safety Experts Coming to San Francisco

By Roger Rudick | Sep 1, 2022 | No Comments

Streetsblog talks with Chris Bruntlett of the Dutch Cycling Embassy about street safety and next week's visit to California

The motorist's car (left) with the windshield smashed from killing a man crossing Piedmont at West MacArthur Boulevard on Thursday. Still from a KTVU report

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Commentary: Cities Need to Make Protected Bike Lanes and Intersections the Default

By Roger Rudick | Aug 29, 2022 | No Comments

Continuing to blow off physically protected bike lanes is tantamount to murder

This Week: 16th Street, HOV Lanes, Coffee Club

By Roger Rudick | Aug 29, 2022 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

A motorist taking the corner at West and MacArthur slowly and carefully, thanks to the new protected intersection. Nice, but Oakland needs to work on corners on all its streets. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

Commentary: Don’t Forget About Illegal Parking on Corners

By Roger Rudick | Aug 25, 2022 | No Comments

Sidewalk parking is a problem, but keeping the corners clear of scofflaw parkers could be key to lowering the crash rate

A look at the San Jose BART extension--in the tenth level of hell. Image: Local Metro

‘Local Metro’ is off the Rails

By Roger Rudick | Aug 23, 2022 | No Comments

A California comedian thinks you've just got to laugh at the state of transit and our streets

A new Capitol Corridor Amtrak locomotive next to a new Caltrain train set in San Jose. They run on the same tracks and serve stations in common, but the services accept completely different tickets. Photo: CV Makhijani

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Why is Amtrak Missing from the BayPass Pilot?

By Roger Rudick | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments

Amtrak's Bay Area service doesn't take Clipper and isn't part of the BayPass pilot. That's an omission you can drive a train through

This Week: Page Street, Safe Driving, Morning Ride

By Roger Rudick | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

Rally to save 'Car-Free JFK' held in February. Photo: Sergio Ruiz

Weekend Roundup: Save JFK Again, Another HSR Milestone

By Roger Rudick | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

Here are a few Streetsblog news nuggets to start your weekend.

The entrance to MLK from Chain of Lakes in April. Barriers now gone and cars back. Image: Google maps

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Open Letter to SFMTA: We Missed the Outreach on MLK/Middle Drive

By Roger Rudick | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

City decides to allow cars on Middle Drive/MLK bike connector but forgets to promote outreach meetings, equity survey

Fare Integration Takes One Step Forward, One Step Back

By Roger Rudick | Aug 16, 2022 | No Comments

The hope is that if a regionwide pass increases ridership without causing transit Armageddon, perhaps individual agencies will stop blocking and delaying real transit integration. Then the goals of S.B. 917 can be achieved via MTC--which is supposed to be the coordinating agency for Bay Area transit--without the legislation.

Advocates Work with San Leandro, Build Pop-up Protected Lanes

By Roger Rudick | Aug 15, 2022 | No Comments

Bike East Bay helps set up fully functional, if temporary, protected bike lanes in 24 hours.

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