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Talking Headways Podcast: Wonders of the South Bay
VTA's Sam Sargent on the past, present and future of transit in the South Bay.
September 4, 2025
The Armchair Urbanist Goes After BART to San Jose Extension
Even from 3,000 miles away, it's easy to see why the BART extension—as designed—is stupid
April 16, 2025
Caltrans and VTA Widening Winchester Blvd./I-280 Interchange in San Jose
To greenwash this project, they're going to also widen a sidewalk on one bridge and improve a bike/ped overcrossing, but it's still another de facto freeway widening
August 15, 2023
SPUR Talk: Building Resilient Cities
Building a rating system for buildings so buyers know it will be usable after a big earthquake
September 25, 2019
Preview: Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition to Hold Bike Summit August 8
The SVBC Summit agenda includes a talk by Tamika Butler, former head of the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition.
July 27, 2017
Silicon Valley Bike Vision Plan Is a Great Tool for Advocates Everywhere
The Silicon Valley Bike Vision report shows what peninsula cities are doing right, as well as what they could do better to improve conditions for bicyclists and encourage more people to ride. It serves as a vision of what bicycling could be like, and provides a general roadmap on how to get there.
March 24, 2017
San Jose Makes Saint James Street More Dangerous
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.
December 20, 2016
South Bay Cities Still Have the Asphalt Bug
"Induced demand" is the idea that building and widening roads doesn't make traffic better--it makes it worse. Late last year Caltrans finally acknowledged that, yeah, it's probably true that all the work they've been doing for the past few decades has been for naught.
February 25, 2016
Two Bay Area Cyclists Cut Down By Drivers in One Day
While out with friends last night in West Portal, I mentioned that a cyclist was killed in San Francisco that morning. One of my friends corrected me and said "no, it was San Jose."
December 15, 2015