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SPUR Talk: the Future of Downtown Oakland
Oakland present a beautiful plan for the future of downtown. But will it get built?
January 6, 2023
New Leadership at Bike East Bay Centers Mobility Justice
The outgoing Executive Director of Bike East Bay, one of the Bay Area's biggest and and most active bike advocacy organizations, reflects on the group's efforts to center mobility justice and to embody it within its organizational structure.
June 17, 2022
SPUR Talk: Convert Offices to Housing?
People are working from home, resulting in one in five offices in San Francisco sitting empty. The Bay Area also has a housing crisis. Which has more and more people, including Governor Gavin Newsom, thinking it's time to look at converting some of that disused office space into housing.
May 17, 2022
CalBike Breaks Down the Infrastructure’s Bill Impact on CA Bike Riders
Some benefits for California bike riders
November 23, 2021
Bay Area Transit Task Force Approves Pilot Cross-Agency Transit Passes – and Free Transfers
It's taken years of advocacy work, and isn't done yet. But huge progress is being made on making transit fares make sense to riders.
November 16, 2021
Building a Better Regional Ballot Measure w/ Seamless Bay Area’s Ian Griffiths
As we prepare to bid goodbye to 2020, Streetsblog SF continues its interview series with local and national experts to lay the groundwork for the best possible transit mega-measure for 2022
December 16, 2020
Listening to Voices for Public Transportation: Work Now to Build a Better Ballot Initiative for 2022
The Voices for Public Transportation Coalition is looking at where we are and seeing three phases for transit.
October 2, 2020
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Margarita Parra Cobaleda and Shiloh Ballard
We close out the series with a dual interview with Shiloh Ballard, the executive director of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, and Margarita Parra Cobaleda, a director with I ebike and board member of SVBC.
August 21, 2020
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Jeffrey Buchanan
Policy Director of Working Partnerships Discusses What Can Be Done Now to Build a Great Ballot Measure
July 20, 2020
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Steven Higashide
It's also important to marry some of the resources that business groups can provide with organizing and leadership from groups that are led by people of color, groups that are organizing transit riders.
July 2, 2020
