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Legislative Update: Corporate Accountability for Climate Change
By Melanie Curry |
Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and two co-author Assemblymembers Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) and Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) introduced S.B. 260, the Climate Corporate Accountability Act.
More Urban Freeway Removals Possible
By Roger Rudick |
Bay Area advocates and officials encouraged by proposed $10 billion grant from D.C. to repair some of the damage of the freeway-building age
Can An Automaker Help Your City Design a Better Intersection?
By Kea Wilson |
A potentially groundbreaking new tool could help give US planners key insights into the most dangerous segments of their road network — and how to fix them — with the click of a single button. The only problem? An automaker made it.
Today’s Headlines
By Roger Rudick |
BART Adds Better Filters (EastBayTimes) S.F. Likely to Put Transit Sales Tax on Ballot (SFExaminer) Global Transit Comparisons in 2020 (SmartCitiesWorld) ‘Essential Workers’ No Longer Priority in Vaccine Roll-out (SFGate) Pics of Great Walkway (SFGate) Bay Area No Longer Tech Capital? (SFGate) Mill Valley Opposes Housing (MarinIJ) Martinez Stalls on Housing (EastBayTimes) Not Everyone is […]
What the History of Autonomous Vehicles Can Teach About Our Transportation Future
By Kea Wilson |
Alex Davies new book, "Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car," offers a glimpse into an industry that will rapidly upend our transportation landscape — and some worry will kill even more vulnerable road users.
Did Governor Newsom Forget About Transit Workers in Vaccine Rollout?
By Melanie Curry |
Until yesterday, transit workers were recognized as essential workers who should be prioritized for vaccinations against COVID. Then state plans changed and transit workers are left wondering why they've been left out.