New Rule on Environmental Impacts of Driving, Long Awaited, Goes Into Effect on Wednesday
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And Caltrans will host a webinar today, open to all, to discuss "Rethinking How We Build So Californians Can Drive Less."
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Caltrans
Whoop-De-Doo Paint Added to Oakland Hellscape
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Streetsblog receives a matrix of responses to its critique of the 23rd and 29th Avenue over-crossings in Oakland
Inside the Push to Tear Down an Oakland Freeway
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Scrapping I-980 seems like a no-brainer, but the historical argument for getting rid of it assumes the freeway is a legacy of mid-century attempts to build barriers around white middle-class neighborhoods. That’s true of several major freeways, but the story of I-980 isn’t so clear cut.
Caltrans District 4 Holds Community Workshop on Bicycle Plan
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For many years, cities have refused to consider bicycle and pedestrian improvements on or across state-owned highways—which frequently run right through cities. The stated reason is that Caltrans controls those streets and won’t allow changes that might slow or impede car traffic. That’s supposed to be changing. The recent California State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan […]
Advocates Envision a Transit-Rich Caltrain Highway 101 Corridor
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How can we make it easier to get around between San Francisco and San Jose? That was the topic discussed by a group of transit advocates and professionals last Wednesday in Palo Alto at a Caltrain / 101 Corridor Vision Forum. The corridor is today plagued by crowded trains, a congested Highway 101, and ineffective public bus […]
Biking and the Homeless on the Hairball: A Sad Situation for All
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Dan Crosby works in tech and cycles to his job in SoMa, using the bike lanes and bridges along Cesar Chavez. Recently, Crosby brought this situation to the attention of Streetsblog: “There’s now a homeless encampment on the westbound Cesar Chavez bike bridge under the 101. There have often been a couple of tents there, but now […]