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Crushed bollards in Oakland. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Walkable City 10 Years Later: What If We Took Traffic Violence As Seriously As Terror?

By Jeff Speck | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

Research suggests that you are 568 times less likely to die in a terror attack than a car crash. So why do cities devote so much less to making their cities walkable than they do to preventing politically-motivated violence?

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Left: Kelly Sikkema, CC. Right: M.V. Jantzen, CC

Oregon’s Rep. Blumenauer Remains Optimistic on Sustainable Transport Despite GOP Takeover of Congress

By Kea Wilson | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

A Republican majority in the House won't necessarily be a death knell for sustainable transportation priorities, the prominent bike-loving Congressman says.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

More on Central Subway Opening (SFStandard)
New BART, Muni Extensions (SFChron)
How S.F. Will Pay for Climate Action (SFExaminer)
Muni Operates Trains so Close They Crash (SFStandard)
More on Infrastructure’s Success on the Ballot (ENR)
Joel Engardio Beats Gordon Mar, Wins Outer Sunset (SFChron)
Pedestrian Attacked, then Struck by Driver in Tenderloin (SFGate)
DMV Parking Lots Proposed for Affordable Housing (NBCBayArea)
Bay Area Housing Prices High but Dropping (SFChron)
Oakland Trees are Dying (Oaklandside)
Relocation of Harvey Milk Plaza Lamp Posts (BayAreaReporter)
Best Snacks While you Wait for your Ferry (SFChron)

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Dave on the bike path on the Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge, a project he fought for. Photo: Bike East Bay

Exit Interview: Dave Campbell, Advocate Extraordinaire, Leaves Bike East Bay

By Roger Rudick | Nov 16, 2022 | No Comments

The man, the advocate, the legend, Dave Campbell talks with Streetsblog about 26 years of fighting for safe streets in Oakland, Berkeley, and the rest of the East Bay

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Charlie Todd of Improv Everywhere shows off the future of Ninth Avenue. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

STREETFILMS: Riding Around with Charlie Todd of Improv Everywhere

By Streetsblog Editors | Nov 16, 2022 | No Comments

Check out Eighth Avenue ... with a comedian! Charlie Todd from the city-based troupe Improv Everywhere rode around to show off the Department of Transportation's transformational redesign of Eighth and Ninth avenues.

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Senators Urge Regulators to ‘Put the Pedal to the Metal’ On Vehicle Safety Standards

By Kea Wilson | Nov 16, 2022 | No Comments

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been in effect for a full year, but federal transportation leaders still haven't implemented some of its most crucial safety provisions — and advocates and electeds say its time they step up to stem the record-setting tide of traffic deaths on U.S. roads

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Nov 16, 2022 | No Comments

Muni Slows Return to Full Service (SFExaminer)
Can Caltrain Really Run Promised Frequencies with New Trains? (EastBayTimes)
Do People Not Get that Age-Old Trolley Buses are Electric? (BYD)
Update on HSR Construction (CEG)
S.F. Artist Seriously Injured in Hit and Run (SFGate)
Bird May go Bankrupt (SFExaminer)
New Start-Up Investing in Union Square (SFChron)
Supes Complain about State Mandate to Build Housing (SFChron, SFStandard)
Is Homeless Crisis Improving? (SFChron)
Which Neighborhoods Have Most Street Trees? (SFChron)
Tree Planting on Bancroft (Oaklandside)
Commentary: Traffic Violence is Out of Control (SFChron)

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Putting bike-ban stickers on trains was the best use of taxpayer dollars? Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Commentary: Voters Showed Trust by Passing Prop L. Now Muni Needs to Earn it.

By Roger Rudick | Nov 15, 2022 | No Comments

The voters of San Francisco have again made it clear they value transit and safe streets. The question is when will the people who run the transit system--and the streets--finally adopt those same values

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New crosswalks and bike lanes getting painted on Howard

What the Last Decade Has Done for the Walkability Movement

By Streetsblog Editors | Nov 15, 2022 | No Comments

In 2012, Jeff Speck’s Walkable City sparked a conversation about why pedestrianized places matter and became one of the best-selling books about the built environment in recent memory. Ten years later, though, so much about the world has changed — even as human-centered communities have become more important than ever.

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Oil wells in the Salinas Valley. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Legislature’s December “Special Session” on Oil Profits

By Damien Newton | Nov 15, 2022 | No Comments

Governor Newsom claims that the oil industry has been increasing prices unfairly and blaming the surge in prices on inflation and environmental regulations even as it brought in record profits

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Nov 15, 2022 | No Comments

BART Billowing Smoke (SFStandard)
Top Cities in the U.S. for Going Car Free (Sun)
Elon Musk’s Hyperdupe Saga Continues (Inverse)
More on Rose Pak Plaque (SFStandard)
S.F. Voters Back Vacancy Tax (SFGate)
Analysis of Prop. 30 Results (SFGate)
Oakland Mayoral Race Still not Settled (EastBayTimes)
Supes to Talk about Housing (SFChron)
Dogpatch Park to Close for Renovations (SFChron)
San Mateo Considering Gas Leaf Blower Ban (SMDailyJournal)
Marin NIMBY’s Will Even Fight a Non-Functional, Museum Train? (MarinIJ)
Commentary: It’s Time for San Francisco to Slow Down (SFChron)

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Advocates, officials, and others drank beer and celebrated JFK forever last Saturday. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Safe Streets Advocates Celebrate J.F.K. Triumph

By Roger Rudick | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

'I' went down in flames last week. 'J' won with a huge margin. Advocates paused, briefed a sigh of relief, and enjoyed beer and good company on Saturday

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