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Florida’s Complete Streets Law Saved Thousands of Lives, and That Wasn’t Enough

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 18, 2018

A new study highlights the successes and shortcomings of the state's 1984 law that mandated consideration of walking and biking routes in transportation projects.

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Parking Madness 2018 Championship: Hicksville vs. Lansing

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 18, 2018

The winner will be bestowed with the Golden Crater, eternal shame, and, hopefully, a kick in the pants to fix its sad, sad parking crater.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Apr 18, 2018 | 1 Comment

Transit Density Bill Dies in Committee (SFGate, SFExaminer, EastBayTimes)
SF Home Production Slows (Curbed)
Supervisors to Vote on Scooter Permits (Hoodline)
Scooters Keep Scooting Despite Threats from City (SFGate)
Bay Area Air Quality Worsening (SFChron)
Hit & Run on SF Police Officer (SFGate)
Third Motor Vehicle Lane to Open Friday on San Rafael Bridge (MarinIJ)
Fate of Visitacion Valley Church (Hoodline)
Tiny House Village Project for West Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
Repealing Gas Tax Would Hurt Transportation Projects (MarinIJ)
Commentary: SB 827 Needs NY Style Transit (MarinIJ)

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High-Speed Rail Authority Meets In L.A., Hears From Critics and Supporters

By Joe Linton | Apr 17, 2018

The CAHSRA board received input on its draft Business Plan and Southern California alignments, but took no action on these

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Eyes on the Streets: Upper Market and Turk Finally Get their Protected Bike Lanes

By Roger Rudick | Apr 17, 2018 | 19 Comments

Note: Metropolitan Shuttle, a leader in bus shuttle rentals, regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog Los Angeles. Unless noted in the story, Metropolitan Shuttle is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. The paint was literally still drying on the inbound side of the new protected bike lane on Upper Market this morning. An SFMTA […]

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Legislative Update: Tracking Some of California’s Housing Bills

By Jason Islas | Apr 17, 2018

The elephant in the housing legislation room is S.B. 827, but there are many other housing bills in the works.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Apr 17, 2018 | 5 Comments

Scooters Ordered to Stop (Curbed, SFChron)
Mayoral Candidates and the Tech Industry (SFChron)
Money for Crumbling Seawall (SFChron)
Sidewalk Robots Coming to San Jose (EastBayTimes)
Progress on Upper Market Protected Bike Lane (SFWeekly)
Extending Car-Free Twin Peaks (SFExaminer)
Tourist Industry Pleads with City to Clean up the Streets (SFGate)
Gubernatorial Candidates on Housing (SFGate)
Ped Space for Kasper’s Plaza (Hoodline)
Temescal Murals (Hoodline)
Bernal Heights Hit and Run Suspect Arrested (Hoodline)
Commentary: Scooters Could be Key to Reducing Car Use (SFChron)

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The Original Scraper Bike Team's Reginald "RB" Burnette at Sunday's Flatlands Neighborhoods Ride. All photos Streetsblog/Rudick unless noted

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A Park too Far: Walk Oakland Bike Oakland Infrastructure Tour

By Roger Rudick | Apr 16, 2018 | 26 Comments

Before the freeway building age, West Oakland was actually the gateway for the entire Bay Area to the rest of the world.

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Can Phoenix Be Shamed Into Protecting Pedestrians?

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 16, 2018

For years, the city's streets department delayed action on safer street design as hundreds of people lost their lives. Now advocates hope to force the agency's hand.

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“Life Is Sacred” — How Bogotá Reduced Road Deaths and Homicides Together

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 16, 2018

The city's traffic fatality rate declined by roughly 50 percent between 1996 and 2006. Key to that result was an initiative to address traffic deaths and homicides in tandem.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Data Will Respirate the Future City

By Jeff Wood | Apr 16, 2018

We’ve got a great episode this week with Los Angeles DOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds. Hear how she got into transportation planning and how she views the future of streets, air rights of way, and the best way for cities to collaborate with private mobility services.

This Week: Lower Haight Merchants, Affordable Housing in Oakland, Car-Free Twin Peaks

By Roger Rudick | Apr 16, 2018

Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday/tonight! Lower Haight Merchants & Neighbors Association Meeting. Want to get more involved in your Lower Haight neighborhood? Have concerns about the proposed removal of a Ford GoBike station at Pierce and Haight? Come to the monthly community meeting for the Lower Haight Merchants & Neighbors Association (LoHaMNA) […]

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