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Three Things To Know About the National Lithium-Ion Battery Fire ‘Epidemic’

By Kea Wilson | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates are calling for common-sense trade regulations, consumer education, and other reforms to keep prevent fires involving defective lithium-ion batteries — while simultaneously fighting misinformation that threatens to explode into a culture war against electric microbility.

This Week: Pleasant Hill, Families for Safe Streets, Housing

By Roger Rudick | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

Transit Ridership, SF vs. LA (SFChron)
BART Auditor Quits Because Watchdogging is Hard? (SFStandard)
Muni Subway Closed Early–on St. Paddy’s Day (SFExaminer)
Shooting on Muni 49 (SFChron, MissionLocal)
Metered Parking in the Mission (MissionLocal)
More on the Curb as Revenue Source (Governing)
Downtown Oakland vs. Downtown S.F. (SFGate)
Where San Francisco’s Money Goes (SFChron)
How Highways Devastated Neighborhoods (BlackPress)
More on Bay Bridge Going Dark (WSJ)
Photo of San Francisco’s Historic Railroads (SFStandard)
Commentary: SMART Ridership Bounces Back (MarinIJ)

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A 2017 protest for safety on Valencia between 16th and 17th. SFMTA wants to betray the years of protest and public support with its center running crap. Photo by Brandon Splane

Advocates Push Back Against Valencia Center-Running-Bike-Lane Bait-and-Switch

By Roger Rudick | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

Let's be clear: center running is worse than nothing

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Study: Pedestrian Death Rate More Than 2x Higher in Historically Red-Lined Neighborhoods

By Kea Wilson | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

Communities that were red-lined in the 1930s are still experiencing more than twice the rate of pedestrian deaths today than more privileged neighborhoods — and we can't achieve Vision Zero until we reckon with racist and classist policies that contribute to the disparity, a groundbreaking new study argues.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Roadways for People

By Jeff Wood | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

We chat with Oregon Metro Council President Lynn Peterson about her book Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering — plus better project scoping, capacity building, engineers going to actually walk and bike their project areas, and highway expansion in cities.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

100th New LRV Enters Service in San Francisco (RailwayNews)
Oakland Aims to Eliminate Single Family Zoning (Oaklandside)
YIMBYs Fight Sprawl (SFChron)
12 Year Battle for Lafayette Housing Project (SFChron)
On CEQA Reform (EastBayTimes)
Truck Driver Seriously Injures Pedestrian (Berkeleyside)
Motorist Injures Pedestrian in Union City (SFExaminer)
Changes in the Castro and North Beach (SFStandard)
Students Help Reimagine Oakland Coliseum Site (Oaklandside)
More on OakDOT Taking Over Abandoned Car Removals (Oaklandside)
How S.F. Compares in Work from Home (SFChron)
Commentary: Kill Transit (but not Road?) Projects Because of Dip in Population (EastBayTimes)

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L.A. Metro’s “Reimagining Public Safety” Proposal, First Step: Just Keep Paying Police and Sheriff

By Joe Linton | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments

The current proposal is a three-year extension of the ~$130 million/year multi-agency contract negotiated back in 2017, not a fully-fleshed-out reimagined approach to public safety advocates and many transit users had hoped to see

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Legislation Aims to Take the Measure of Traffic Impacts From App-Based Delivery Services

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments

Because app-based food delivery services operate with very little oversight in Massachusetts, it’s difficult to estimate the scale of their impact.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments

Central Subway Sees Decline in Ridership (SFChron)
S.F. Looks to Parking Charges to Make up Budget (GovTech)
How Pandemic Transformed San Francisco (SFChron)
Some Merchants are Recovering (SFStandard)
Plan to Cap Oil Company Profits (SFChron, SFStandard)
Carnage on the Bay Bridge (SFChron, SFStandard, EastBayTimes)
Pittsburg Motorist/Couple Arrested for Killing Pedestrian (EastBayTimes)
San Jose Police Want Help IDing Hit and Run Driver (EastBayTimes)
Cruise Offers Free Rides (SFChron)
Berkeley Adds New Public Comment Option (Berkeleyside)
Plan to Build a Pool in S.F. Bay (EastBayTimes)
Drivers are the Reason for Tahoe Traffic (SFGate)

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A lone cyclist goes contraflow on SFMTA's new plastic and paint only two-way bike lane on Battery. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

San Francisco Officially Opens Two-Way Battery Bike Lane

By Roger Rudick | Mar 15, 2023 | No Comments

It's sad that SFMTA, in 2023, with record fatalities due to traffic violence in 2022, is still "experimenting" on humans and building and boasting about such bare-bone, "better than nothing" designs.

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Blocking Bus Lanes Doesn’t Just Delay Transit Riders…

By HaydenAI | Mar 15, 2023 | No Comments

Automated bus lane enforcement can help transit agencies increase bus speeds – and reduce emissions – by keeping bus lanes clear for buses. By scaling bus lane enforcement with cameras powered by artificial intelligence, transit agencies can change driver behavior to significantly reduce illegal parking in bus lanes.

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