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As the MTA Board considers solutions to reduce its enormous $129 million deficit, bus stop consolidation should be at the top of its agenda.

The possibility that traffic lights may be installed in and around San Francisco’s Presidio National Park – in order to manage increased traffic drawn to attractions such as the proposed Contemporary Art Museum of the Presidio (the CAMP) and a lodge at the Main Post – has neighbors, environmentalists, and preservationists blinking red.

Muni Single-Ride Fares Likely to Rise in July Instead of September (SF Examiner) BOS Prez David Chiu Introduces Legislation to Reject MTA Budget (SF Gate) Marin IJ: “Sausalito Takes Steps to Ease Bicycle Crunch” Proposal Would Allow SF’s Street Fairs to Charge Admission (SF Examiner) NY DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn in Toronto for Speeches, Meetings … Continued

Cyclist Remains Critical Following Hit-and-Run; Silver BMW Sought (Cyclelicio.us, KCBS, Merc) Rampaging Hit-and-Run Driver Faces Fremont Murder Charge (SF Gate) Supervisor Eric Mar Will Join Taxi Drivers To Protest MTA Medallion Plan (SFBG) Can State DOTs Implement Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan? (Trains for America via Streetsblog.net) AVE Trains Having a “Profound Effect on Life” in … Continued

In 1982, the state of Idaho legalized the "rolling stop," an adjustment to the rules of the road that lets cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs without becoming scofflaws. Nearly three decades later, the rule has a demonstrated track record of safety, but Idaho is still the only state with such a law. Maybe not much longer. Bike advocates in Oregon are working feverishly this week to gain passage of an "Idaho Stop" law of their own. Via BikePortland, this animation by Spencer Boomhower makes a compelling and visually dazzling case for the idea.

Berkeley School District Looks to Improve Ped Safety Around Schools (East Bay Express) Chino Man Getting His Mail Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in Socal (LAist) Injured Cyclist Airlifted Out of Tilden Park (BCN via Merc) Mayor’s Office Releases More Details on This Year’s Sunday Streets (Fog City Journal) Rec and Park Commission to Hold Hearing … Continued

Muni’s Streetcar #1 to Undergo $1.9 Million Renovation (SF Gate) Oakland Planning Commission to Consider Changing Zoning Rules (SF Gate) What Makes People Afraid of Urbanism? (TOW via Streetsblog.net) Fog City Journal: “Newsom Allies Maneuver to Appoint Mazzola to GG Bridge Commish” Public Meeting on Presidio Main Post Canceled (SF Gate, SF Citizen) BAAQMD Offers … Continued

SFCTA Studying Bicycle, Ped, Motor Vehicle Patterns on Octavia Boulevard (SF Examiner) Traffic Nightmare at LA Schools (NYT via Streetsblog LA) Pedestrian Killed on 280/1 Connector Ramp (BCN via CBS5) Homeland Security Doles Out Money to Bay Area Transit Agencies (BCN via ABC7) Merc Editorial: “High-Speed Rail Still Makes Sense” Obama to Announce Plans for … Continued

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