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.
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Santa Clara County
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.
South Bay Cities Still Have the Asphalt Bug
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“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. Not everyone got the memo. The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)’s proposed […]
VTA: No, We Won’t Cut Train Service to Move More Cars at Levi’s Stadium
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Santa Clara County’s Valley Transportation Authority says it does not plan to reduce light-rail service in order to move more cars at Levi’s Stadium during the post-game traffic crunch. “Transit is not the problem; transit is a solution,” the agency wrote in a blog post yesterday, countering a report from the San Jose Mercury News on Monday. […]
Can VTA’s Bus Route Changes Keep Up With Suburban Office Park Growth?
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Office development is booming in Santa Clara County. As the number of jobs increases, will the Valley Transportation Authority ramp up bus service to keep pace, or will streets become overrun with traffic? VTA hosted a public meeting last week to present a set of proposed changes to its bus service that the agency calls its North Central County […]
Mountain View Council Candidates Split on Building Housing Near Google
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A crowded field of nine candidates campaigning for three available seats on Mountain View’s City Council aired their disagreements at a community forum on Tuesday evening about whether new housing within the sprawling North Bayshore office park would be a practical solution to traffic congestion and rapidly rising rents. Candidates Lenny Siegel, Pat Showalter, Jim Neal, Gary […]