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How Silver Spring, Maryland, Outgrew Its Parking Lots
In healthy urban areas, people always complain that there's not enough parking. And they still do that in Silver Spring, Maryland, says Dan Reed at Greater Greater Washington.
May 7, 2014
Supervisors Hearing on Bicycle Strategy Funding
Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee Agenda: [PDF]
April 7, 2014
Friday Jobs Market
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February 7, 2014
Cesar Chavez: A Traffic Sewer Transformed Into a Safer Street
Western Cesar Chavez Street has been transformed after decades as a dangerous motor vehicle speedway that divided the Mission and Bernal Heights neighborhoods. City officials cut the ribbon today on a redesign of the street, nearly nine years after residents began pushing for safety improvements.
January 29, 2014
Does Texas DOT Have the Authority to Kill Bike-Share in El Paso?
Just a few weeks ago, El Paso was all ready to go with a new bike-share network, or so it seemed. The city had lined up $400,000 in local funds from the city of El Paso, the University of Texas at El Paso and a grant from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The regional planning agency had unanimously signed off on awarding the project $1.6 million in federal transportation funds earmarked for air pollution reduction. Suburban communities had even started expressing interest in being added to the system.
September 11, 2013
Today’s Headlines
BART Strike Ends, Trains to Run by 3 p.m. Today (SF Gate, SF Examiner, CoCo Times, ABC) Strikes Cost Transit Agencies, But May Also Attract New Riders (SF Business Times) …Not to Mention New Bike Commuters (CBS, SF Weekly) What If BART Included Marin County as Originally Planned? (Marin IJ) More Cars on Most Bay Area Bridges … Continued
July 5, 2013