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Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Oct 16, 2018 | 3 Comments

Scooters are Back (SFWeekly, EastBayTimes, SFBay)
Scooters Again Behaving Badly? (SFChron)
More on JUMP Expansion (Hoodline)
More Info that TNC’s Make Traffic Worse (SFExaminer, Wired, CBSRadio)
Blaming Tech for Traffic (SFChron)
Driverless Cars by 2023 (TimeOut)
Tesla Crashes onto Sidewalk (Hoodline)
More on Fremont Street Reopening (Curbed)
Litter Around Garbage Cans (SFChron)
Clarion Alley Vandalized (Curbed)
SF’s Old Fireproof Building (SFGate)

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Jeff Speck: For a Walkable City, Remove Centerlines on Local Streets

By Jeff Speck | Oct 15, 2018

In an excerpt from his new book, Walkable City Rules, Jeff Speck says centerline stripes don't belong on residential streets.

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Sunday Streets Excelsior

By Roger Rudick | Oct 15, 2018

Scooters, e-bikes, art, trees and more at the last Sunday Streets of 2018

This Week: Sustainability in China, Night Biking, Comparing the Bay Area Globally

By Roger Rudick | Oct 15, 2018 | 1 Comment

Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday Sustainability in China. China is in the middle of an urban design transition from auto-oriented to people-oriented cities. What lessons can we learn? Hear how China’s urban growth could help build a sustainable and prosperous California. Tuesday, Oct. 16, 12:30 p.m., SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street, S.F. […]

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Trump May Let Big Auto Hide Ped Safety Records

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 15, 2018

A five-star safety rating for pedestrian crashes would publicize some of the hazards of SUVs. But automakers and the Trump Administration might block the Obama-era reform.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Oct 15, 2018 | 21 Comments

Scooters Return to San Francisco Today (SFGate, GreenBiz)
Lime Loses Bid to Block Scooter Deployment (BizTimes)
Dude, Where’s my Bike Share? (BayCityBeacon)
The T Line is Still a Slug (SFChron)
Fremont Street to Re-Open (SFExaminer, EastBayTimes)
New Berkeley BART Plaza (Berkeleyside)
More on BART Fine for Worker Deaths (EastBayTimes)
Caltrain’s Weekend Closures (SFGate)
Golden Gate Ferry Strained by Demand (MarinIJ)
Vallco Mall Demolition Begins to Make Way for Housing (Curbed)
Commentary: The Search for a new MTC Director is Vital (SFChron)
Commentary: On the New Harvey Milk Plaza (SFChron)

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Ryan Russo, Dan Kalb, Renee Rivera and Ann Smulka cut the ribbon on Oakland's first concrete -protected bike lane. Photo Streetsblog/Rudick

Five California Cities Are Ranked in Top 50 U.S. Bicycling Cities

By Melanie Curry | Oct 12, 2018

Los Angeles is notably absent

The Polk contra-flow bike lane. It may not always feel like it, but S.F. is one of the best cities for cycling in the U.S.

S.F. Ranked Near Top for Cycling, Mayor Pushes SoMa Safety, More e-Bikes and Scooters

By Roger Rudick | Oct 12, 2018 | 3 Comments

A few short round-up stories on bicycling, scooters and road safety to start out your weekend. San Francisco is Second Best for Bicycling Nobody would ever accuse Streetsblog of holding back on criticisms of San Francisco’s bicycling infrastructure. That said, it’s nice to remember that if you like to get around by pedaling, it’s hard […]

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Experts: Feds Aren’t Fixing Pedestrian Safety Crisis

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 12, 2018

Federal officials are failing to protect pedestrians — and, in fact, err on the side of drivers and even blame walkers for a pedestrian death toll has increased 50 percent in just eight years, advocates say.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Oct 12, 2018 | 6 Comments

Lime Sues to Stop Scooter Pilot Program (SFExaminer, SFChron, BizTimes)
Officials Can’t Predict Re-Opening Date of Transbay (SFChron)
Update on Transbay and Fremont Street Closure (EastBayTimes)
More on Potential Fixes to Transbay (BizTimes)
CPUC Fines BART over Worker Deaths (SFExaminer, SFChron)
More Power Washing for BART Mission Street Stations (SFExaminer)
Berkeley BART Plaza Set to Re-open (Curbed)
More on Geary 38 Construction (Hoodline)
Mayor Breed Creates New Housing Czar Position (Curbed)
Berkeley’s Pathway Homeless Shelter (Berkeleyside)
SF’s Homeless Outreach (SFChron)
Political Forums/BART Board Candidates (SFChron)

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A bus stop for Muni's 25 Treasure Island. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Editorial: Turn Treasure Island Pass into Bay Area Fare Zone 1

By Roger Rudick | Oct 11, 2018 | 9 Comments

The TI Pass could be the start of a modern fare zone system for the region... if executives and bureaucrats seize the opportunity

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Talking Headways Podcast: Future Fare Media and the Clipper Card

By Jeff Wood | Oct 11, 2018

This week, we're talking about fare simplification and what it means to different people and what happens to all the money that floats through the transit system on any given day.

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