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SFMTA Budget Crisis Grows (SFExaminer, KQED) Workers Head Back into Twin Peaks Tunnel (SFBay) Stimulus Needed for Transit (Newsweek) ‘Drastic’ Shelter in Place Coming (SFExaminer, EastBayTimes, Hoodline) Genentech to Expand its Campus (DailyJournal) More on S.F.’s Curfew (SFChron) Parklets Designed for Free (SFChron) Dolores Park as Indigenous Cultural District (SFExaminer) Implications of High-End Real Estate […]

SFMTA to Resume Fare Enforcement (SFBay) Public Transit Cutbacks (WSJ) GGT Operators Losing Jobs (SFChron) SFMTA Board Sec. Leaving (SFBay) What Happened with WFH Mandate (Editorials360) Strict on Scooters Because they Couldn’t Control Uber/Lyft (Wired) Mission Bay Sidewalks Sinking (SFGate) Counties Backsliding on Coronavirus (SFChron) Hydrogen Cars vs. Electric Cars (SFChron) Commentary: VTA, BART, Ignore […]

Transit advocates push MTC to use project funding to save transit jobs (Mass Transit) What would it take to provide every city with high-quality, zero-emission public transit? (Urban Wire) Lime gets official permission to add 1,000 scooters in SF (Chronicle) Oakland and Berkeley have very different notions of what makes a “complete street” (Systemic Failure) […]

Even More on SFMTA’s Tunnel Woes (SFist) California Is Exploring Taxing Drivers by the Mile (KCRA) At Airports, Passengers Taking the COVID Risk “In Stride” (Chronicle) SF Expected to Join Purple Tier COVID Level This Week (Chronicle) Bars and Restaurants Empty Out in California as Curfews Take Effect (Chronicle) Expand Bike Lane Network for More […]

BART Board Approves Early Retirement Incentives (SFChron, SFGate, SFExaminer) Push to Delay Capital Projects (SFChron) Housing Approved for El Cerrito BART (SFChron) More on Muni Tunnel Woes (RT&S) Transit Cuts Could Cripple Economy (Citylab) Agencies Join Clipper START Program (MassTransit) More on Robot Car Tests in San Francisco (SFBay) How Four European Cities are Reducing […]

Muni Forced to Redo Tunnel (KQED) Racism and Sexism Persist at SFMTA (SFExaminer, MassTransit) More on Racism at SFMTA (SFChron) John Haley Back at SFMTA? (MissionLocal) More on Objections to VTA Funding BART Extension (CBSLocal) VTA Assures Student Riders They’re Safe (ABC7) COVIDs Unequal Effects on Public Transit (ScienceDaily) Bay Area’s Current COVID Surge Worse […]