Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Peninsula

Residents shot down a proposal to restrict motor vehicle parking along Santa Cruz Avenue at a community meeting in Oak Knoll Elementary School last Monday. Photo: Andrew Boone

Proposal to Remove Free Parking Riles Santa Cruz Avenue Residents

By Andrew Boone | Feb 1, 2017 | 1 Comment

Going by the results of a public meeting at Oak Knoll Elementary School in Menlo Park last Monday, San Mateo County traffic engineers have no options left to correct a dangerous five-lane stretch of Santa Cruz Avenue that runs from San Hill Road to Alameda de las Pulgas. “I’m one of the cyclists that has been hit […]

San Jose has designed larger curb radii into the newly widened Saint James Street, creating a new hazard for pedestrians. No crosswalk is included on the north side of the Saint James & Market street intersection. Image: City of San Jose

San Jose Makes Saint James Street More Dangerous

By Andrew Boone | Dec 20, 2016 | 6 Comments

Construction on San Jose’s huge North San Pedro plan is well underway. It removes a one-way, four-lane S-curve segment of Julian Street just east of Highway 87 and restores several blocks of the city’s original street grid. Removing that nasty S-curve and replacing it with a grid is good, but much of the North San Pedro plan still screams “car […]

San Mateo County Bike-Ped Advisory Boards Seek Applicants

By Andrew Boone | Nov 4, 2016 | No Comments

Deadlines are near for several Board and Committee positions in San Mateo County. Applications are due today for two vacancies on the SamTrans Board of Directors, while the City/County Association of Governments seeks volunteers to fill four vacancies on its 15-member Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (C/CAG BPAC), due Nov. 14. Caltrain is taking applications […]

VTA Measure B’s Bloated Highway Expansions Leave Transit Unfunded

By Andrew Boone | Oct 25, 2016 | 32 Comments

The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)’s proposed 30-year Measure B half-cent sales tax is bloated with billions of dollars in highway traffic expansions. If Santa Clara County voters pass Measure B on November 8, $1.85 billion would be lavished on highway projects while less than half that amount would go to bus, light rail, bicycling, and […]

San Mateo County Drafts Business As Usual Transportation Plan

By Andrew Boone | Oct 4, 2016 | 19 Comments

Note the ‘call to action’ at the end of this post. City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) officials unveiled a draft update of the agency’s Countywide Transportation Plan [PDF], the first since 2001, at three community meetings last week. The new plan calls for billions of dollars in highway expansion projects [PDF] over the […]

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