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Steven-Higashide

Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Steven Higashide

By Damien Newton | Jul 2, 2020 | No Comments

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.

Image from Bike to Work Day in 2019 from the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition.

COVID-19 Can’t Stop Bike Month in Silicon Valley

By Damien Newton | May 1, 2020 | No Comments

While Bike to Work Day has been postponed this year for obvious reasons, that hasn't stopped some bicycle advocacy groups from powering on with various Bike Month activities this May

Image via Santa Clara County.

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Interview: VTA Chair Cindy Chavez on the Agency’s Response to COVID-19

By Damien Newton | Mar 31, 2020 | No Comments

"All these decisions we have to make…they’re tradeoffs," Chavez laments. "There’s no better way to say it."

Image via Affordable SJ

Endorsement: San Jose’s Measure E Will Help Housing and Homeless Crises

By Damien Newton | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

Vote Yes

University Circle, where the US 101 meets University Avenue in the southern end of East Palo Alto. Photo: Wikipedia.

Don’t Believe the Hype, Congestion Pricing Isn’t Coming to East Palo Alto Anytime Soon

By Damien Newton | Nov 7, 2019 | No Comments

But the City Is Considering Some Progressive Fixes to the University Ave Traffic Mess

Downtown San Jose. You are unlikely to die if you're in one of these buildings during a big earthquake. But will the buildings have to be torn down? Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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SPUR Talk: Building Resilient Cities

By Roger Rudick | Sep 25, 2019 | No Comments

Building a rating system for buildings so buyers know it will be usable after a big earthquake

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