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San Mateo Holds First Bike Ped Advisory Committee Meeting
San Mateo County’s new Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee kicked off its first meeting on Thursday evening at San Mateo City Hall. Ellen Barton, San Mateo's Active Transportation Coordinator, proposed that they develop criteria for safer street striping ahead of the county’s annual resurfacing program. Other projects they discussed included establishing bike parking standards, evaluating progress of the county's 2011 bike/ped plan [PDF], developing Safe Routes to Schools programs, and supporting the county's annual bike and pedestrian count.
July 18, 2016
Bay Area Transit Agencies Build on Parking Lots
Last Thursday representatives from Caltrain, the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) presented [PDF] current plans for building housing and offices on top of station parking lots, at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) in downtown San Jose. Rail station parking lots offer the ultimate in “Good TOD” - Transit Oriented Development that guarantees new transit riders while providing housing and commercial space that can be conveniently reached car-free.
July 15, 2016
VTA Sales Tax Promises Transit Lanes On Highway 85
After planning for the past decade to install express lanes on Highway 85, the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is now pitching its $350 million sales tax funding request to widen Highway 85 as "transit lanes." On June 24, the VTA Board of Directors [PDF] struck any reference to "express lanes" from the Highway 85 project description that they had approved on June 2 along with $6.3 billion in transportation projects:
July 12, 2016
Menlo Park El Camino Real Bike Lanes Delayed Again
Menlo Park's plans to fix El Camino Real's safety hazards were postponed yet again by a city council that is now split on whether to go ahead with the installation of even a bike lane pilot project. Proponents continue to demand that the city take action to prevent injuries suffered by residents in traffic collisions.
June 23, 2016
VTA Sales Tax With Massive Highway Expansion Program on November Ballot
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)’s half-cent "Envision Silicon Valley" transportation sales tax is now headed to the November 8 general election ballot in the county, after receiving the unanimous approval of the transit agency’s Board of Directors on June 2.
June 17, 2016
SPUR Talk: Dancing on the Grave of “Level of Service”
Wednesday evening, SPUR, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, sponsored a talk entitled "Reconsidering Transportation to Create Better Urban Spaces" at their new downtown Oakland location. The talk focused on the history and damage done by the almost mindless adherence over the years to Level of Service (LOS) on urban spaces throughout California.
June 2, 2016
SPUR Talk: Connecting the Foot of Lake Merritt
Wednesday afternoon, at SPUR's Oakland office, a crowd of some fifty people came to hear a panel discussion about knitting together the various attractions at the foot of Lake Merritt in Oakland.
May 19, 2016
El Camino Real to Remain Deadly
On Tuesday, Menlo Park's City Council postponed a pilot project to replace parallel car parking with buffered bike lanes on El Camino Real, deciding that neighboring Palo Alto and Atherton should also agree on a common design for bike lanes before proceeding with the permitting process required by Caltrans. Despite strong community support to fix the urban highway's safety hazards, the city remains content with today's configuration, after 11 public meetings held since April 2014 on the topic.
May 5, 2016
Oakland’s New Parking Protected Bike Lanes Are Challenging to Some
With a road diet, new parking configuration, and protected bike lanes on Telegraph Avenue, Oakland is saying to its car drivers: slow down, take it easy. And to its bike riders: you're welcome here and safe.
May 4, 2016
Proposed East Bay Bike-Share Sites Announced
Note: This story has been corrected since it was originally posted. Thank you to sharp-eyed readers.
April 25, 2016