Advocates Crash 101 Celebration of Induced Traffic and Pollution
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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about San Mateo County
San Mateo County Releases Draft Strategic Plan for Spending Sales Tax Revenue
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Virtual Town Hall on November 4; Comments/feedback due November 15
Preview: Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition to Hold Bike Summit August 8
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The SVBC Summit agenda includes a talk by Tamika Butler, former head of the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition.
City of San Mateo to Host Public Meetings on Controversial 101 Interchange Project
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The City of San Mateo will host a pair of community meetings next week in San Mateo and Burlingame over the proposed 101/Peninsula Avenue Interchange project. The project is a familiar type: it would relocate the US 101 southbound on-ramps and off-ramps from East Poplar Avenue to Peninsula Avenue, to eliminate the partial interchange and create […]
Fate of Caltrain Electrification Hangs on Trump’s Budget
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There will be many news stories generated by the announcement of the details of President Donald Trump's proposed budget next month. In advance of the announcement, the campaign to preserve funding for the electrification of Caltrain is working with advocates around the state and country to preserve a nearly $650 million grant agreement scuttled by the Trump Administration in February.
Silicon Valley Bike Vision Plan Is a Great Tool for Advocates Everywhere
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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.