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Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Oct 21, 2020 | No Comments

S.F. Not on Track to Reach Vision Zero (SFExaminer)
Officials Push for More Red Light Cameras (SFExaminer)
Left Turn Calming Project (CBSLocal)
Motorist Crashes into Restaurant (SFChron)
Bus-Friendly Van Ness Makeover Nears Completion (SFChron)
‘CAREN’ Act Passed (SFChron)
More on Telecommute Mandate (PublicPress)
City Settles Tilting Tower Lawsuit (SFChron)
City Looks to Expand Homeless Encampments (SFChron)
S.F. Reaches ‘Yellow Tier’ on Reopening (SFGate)
More on Google Adding Office Space (SFGate)

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One of many trains now rolling off the assembly line. Photo: CalMod

Expanded Caltrain Equivalent of Six Freeway Lanes

By Roger Rudick | Oct 20, 2020 | No Comments

That makes Caltrain expansion a relative bargain--plus it won't pollute, cause more road carnage, or induce more traffic jams

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The Futile Fight Over Traffic

By Melanie Curry | Oct 20, 2020 | No Comments

UCLA paper describes century-long efforts to quell, redirect, and control the problems that come with congestion - and the very little success achieved

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This is the kind of Robert Moses legacy that must be undone or stopped. Photo: Texas Department of Transportation

Four Ways Cities Can Repeal the Legacy of Robert Moses

By Kea Wilson | Oct 20, 2020 | No Comments

Robert Moses's approach to transportation planning defined American cities for generations. Now, it's time to dismantle that dangerous and racist legacy.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Oct 20, 2020 | No Comments

CDC Finally Issues Mask Rule for Public Transit (USNews)
AC Transit Launches Mobile Ticketing App (CBSLocal)
Open Streets Carries On (Hoodline)
Parklet Program Needs Extended (Hoodline)
How to Plan Safe Outings (SFChron)
Art Festival Wants to Go On, Sues City (SFExaminer)
New San Jose Bike Lanes are Planned (EastBayTimes)
California’s Greenhouse Emissions Rise (SFChron)
Fire Warnings Again for this Weekend (EastBayTimes)
Affordable Senior Housing in the Richmond (SFExaminer)
California Preps for Next Disasters (SFGate)

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Hallelujah! One block of construction zone in Oakland done right for all users. Several thousand to go. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Safest Block on Broadway is a Construction Zone

By Roger Rudick | Oct 19, 2020 | No Comments

Oakland finally follows Dutch/Danish best practices by placing the construction barrier between moving cars and the bike lane

This Week: Transport Pricing, Danish Housing, Diesel Free

By Roger Rudick | Oct 19, 2020 | No Comments

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most in-person events have been canceled. Here is a list of (mostly) online/webinar events this week.

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Car Adman: Vision Zero Movement Can Learn from Auto Industry

By Tom Flood | Oct 19, 2020 | No Comments

A former car insider reveals the techniques to develop ads to target a broader audience for the Vision Zero cause.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Oct 19, 2020 | No Comments

Great Highway or Great Park (SFExaminer)
Oakland’s New Park (EastBayTimes)
Playground Rules Too Strict? (SFGate)
The Presidio and the Pandemic (BizTimes)
More on Truly Driverless Cars in S.F. (CleanTechnica, PCMag)
Measuring the Benefits of Ridesharing (Brookings)
Travel Data and Road Safety (ITS)
Rail Transit in Slow Recovery (RailwayAge)
S.F. Merchants Struggle to Survive (SFGate)
U.S. Cities and Walkability (USNews)
What Was it Like to Ride the Transcontinental Railroad? (History)
Commentary: Making the Case for Rail Transit and RR (SJSpotlight)

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More Love for San Jose’s Bike Plan

By Courtney Cobbs | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments

San Jose's Better Bike Plan offers a framework that Chicago would do well to emulate in order to create a bike plan that's more representative of current and would-be cyclists.

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Joan Claybrook's official portrait for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Source: NHTSA.

‘The Auto Industry Went Beserk’: Five Questions with Joan Claybrook, Former Head of NHTSA

By Kea Wilson | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments

The first woman head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reflects on her successes — retractable stop signs on buses, mandatory crash test standards, airbags and the end of hood ornaments, for instance — and the construct battle against auto makers.

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Oslo had zero cycling and pedestrian fatalities in 2019 thanks to measures like restricting cars from its city center.

Best Practices: How Oslo Reached Vision Zero (And How Your City Can, Too!)

By Terje Elvsaas | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments

Inside the car-free livability program that transformed Norway’s capital.

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