How to safely ride your bike during the pandemic
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Here are some tips for safe on-street riding
Study: Highway Pollution Exposure Could Be Linked to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates
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A new nationwide study suggests that people living in neighborhoods with higher levels of fine particulate air pollution are more likely to die from COVID-19 infection than patients who live in areas with cleaner air.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- BART to Cut Service in Half (SFGate, EastBayTimes)
- More on Muni’s Core Bus Line Plan (SFChron, SFGate, SFExaminer)
- Marin Transit Agencies Set to Get Federal Aid (MarinIJ)
- Caltrain/SamTrans CEO Defers Raise (DailyPost)
- SF Housing Debate Continues Online (SFChron)
- Critique of Octavia Blvd. (SFGate)
- How/Where to Exercise During Lockdown (Hoodline)
- Museums Struggle with Shutdown (SFChron)
- Motorist Crashes Van into Pedestrian (SFExaminer)
- Transamerica Pyramid to Light up to Honor Healthcare Workers (SFExaminer)
- What to Expect when Shelter in Place is Lifted (SFChron)
- Letters: Reactions to Emissions Roll Back (SFChron)
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There’s No Need For Blanket COVID Park Closures
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...with some very important exceptions.
More Drivers Speed Under COVID-19, Speed Law Reform Is More Needed
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Under COVID-19, fewer drivers on the road means more speeding. Cities need state speed law reforms to ensure that dangerous speeding doesn't outlast the current pandemic.
Muni Cuts Back Service to Core Routes
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Starting Wed., only 17 of Muni's 83 rail and bus lines will be running
This Week Online: Potrero Yard, SFMTA Board, Urban Biking
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all in-person events have been cancelled. Here is a list of what Streetsblog could find that's a webinar/online.
New Federal Fuel Economy Standards Are Trash
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The federal government just finalized its weakening of fuel efficiency standards, despite knowing that they will be sued by states and environmental organizations.
DATA DUMP: Total Driving is Down in All Major U.S. Cities
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Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.
Reckless Driving is the Other COVID-19 Epidemic
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City speed cameras are nabbing far more drivers than they were during the normal, pre-corona days — even though the numbers of cars on the road is down dramatically.
Coronavirus Will Go Away. Congestion Pricing Must Not
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All four bedrock conditions that justified congestion pricing in the first place will almost certainly remain — yes, even after COVID-19.