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Another Crash on Valencia as City Drags Feet on Safety
The latest victim of Valencia Street's incomplete safety measures could have easily been killed... would that have been enough to spur SFMTA into finishing the bike lane?
October 27, 2020
Mayor Blasts Oakland/Alameda Freeway Plan
Alameda Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft calls B.S. on a Caltrans, Alameda County plan to turn the Webster and Posey tubes into I-880 ramps
October 23, 2020
Safest Block on Broadway is a Construction Zone
Oakland finally follows Dutch/Danish best practices by placing the construction barrier between moving cars and the bike lane
October 19, 2020
Police Impound Reckless Driver’s Car Based Solely on Video Evidence
Wait a sec, don't cops have to see a traffic violation with their own eyes to do something?
October 14, 2020
Editorial: We Have the Data, Now we Need Accountability on City Employee Speeding
There's an epidemic of reckless driving among San Francisco's own employees. City officials should either fire serial speeders and other dangerous scofflaws or stop pretending to care about Vision Zero
October 7, 2020
SPUR Kicks off Ideas + Action 2020 Conference
Keynote speaker addresses everything you wanted to know about parks and rec and its place in modern cities
October 5, 2020
Bay Area Advocates Jubilant Over Transit and Bike Project Streamlining Law
Governor Newsom signs SB 288, finally exempting many bike and transit projects from 'environmental' review
September 29, 2020
Advocates Roiled by City Staffers’ Dangerous Driving
City employees and officials caught speeding in San Francisco, willfully blocking safety measures in Oakland and San Francisco
September 21, 2020
Study: Don’t Cut Corners on Corner Design
New white paper from Alta details how to do a corner that reduces driver tendencies to turn dangerously fast
September 17, 2020
San Jose’s Innovative Bike and Frontage Lane Plan
If you can't calm a street or add protected bike lanes, here's a plan "B"
September 16, 2020