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Complete Streets project in Watsonville, CA. Image: Caltrans

Update on Caltrans Complete Streets Reservation

By Melanie Curry | Sep 15, 2021 | No Comments

Among the 34 projects to receive early Complete Streets funding from Caltrans are twelve that include separated, all-ages bike facilities; sixteen include new sidewalks; 26 are along a city's main street; two include new road diet elements.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 15, 2021 | No Comments

Newsom Blows Away Recall (SFChron, SFGate, SFExaminer)
What Can Newsom Do with his Big Win? (SFChron)
Details on Woman Dragged and Killed by BART Train (SFChron, ABC7)
Ferry Route Expansion Plans (SFExaminer)
More on Money Withheld for High Speed Rail (SmartCities)
More on Cable Car Closure (RailwayAge)
Is the Grass Always Greener? (SFGate)
Autonomous Pods Demonstration (SVBizTimes)
City Replants Castro Palms (Hoodline)
Uber Transit Vans for Tulare (SunGazette)
Goodbye, SF Weekly (48Hills)

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Richard Heard, from his family's GoFundMe page.

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Follow up Q&A: A Life Taken by Hayward’s Unsafe Designs

By Roger Rudick | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

The brother of a cyclist killed in Hayward last June speaks out about decisions that lead to his brother's death--and the pain of seeing deadly designs go unchanged

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: A Toxic Masculinity Twofer

By Streetsblog Editors | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

The all-powerful truck nut lobby wants you to believe that the kind of car you drive can make you sexier and less likely to belt out Shania Twain with your macho friends.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

California Voters Decide on Recall (SFChron, SFExaminer)
Five Bills to Make Streets Safer and Healthier (NRDC)
More on Cable Car Problems (KRON4)
More on Transit and COVID Concerns (WSJ)
Person Killed on BART Tracks (SFGate, SFChron, EastBayTimes)
Cities’ Ability to Stop New Housing Limited by Court (SFChron, DailyJournal)
Will NIMBYs Stop Vacant Hotels from Housing Homeless? (SFExaminer)
Exploring ‘User Fee’ Instead of Gas Tax (NorthBayBizJournal)
Millennium Tower ‘Fix’ Causes More Sinking (SFGate)
Skinny Hayes Valley Infill (Socketsite)
Stern Grove’s Muddy Cleanup (Hoodline)

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Feds Prep $10 Billion More for High-Speed Rail

By Roger Rudick | Sep 13, 2021 | No Comments

And anti-HSR legislator Anthony Rendon goes on NBC Bay Area to defend his moves to try and kill the project

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Legislative Update: Big Wins on Traffic Safety

By Melanie Curry | Sep 13, 2021 | No Comments

A pile of bills await the Governor's signature, among them some pretty big wins for bicycle and pedestrian safety.

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Reps. Chuy Garcia, Ayanna Pressley and Henry "Hank" Johnson were the lead signatories of the letter.

Progressive Dems Demand $30B for Transit, Deemphasize EVs

By Kea Wilson | Sep 13, 2021 | No Comments

Mass transit must be at the center of America's strategy to end climate change — and the next spending package needs to devote at least half our transportation dollars to getting people out of cars and onto public transportation, a coalition of lawmakers says.

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Op-Ed: Why Bad City Design is Failing Our Kids (And What to Do About It)

By Scott Berson | Sep 13, 2021 | No Comments

We need to change the way we think about kids and about our cities. We need to think of kids as full members of society and we need to design our neighborhoods for kids to have full, rich childhoods that let them grow into well-rounded members of our communities. So what do we do?

This Week: Turn up for Transit, Volunteer Night, Muni Plan

By Roger Rudick | Sep 13, 2021 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Sep 13, 2021 | No Comments

Ferry Ridership Up (SFChron)
Seamless Transit in San Jose? (SJSpotlight)
Golden Gate Bridge District Joins Employee Vaccine Mandates (MarinIJ)
BART’s Homelessness Csar (MercNews)
Cable Cars Out (SFist)
$70 Million for Parking Meters? (48Hills)
Woman Sues Over Massively Subsidized Personal Car Storage (SFChron)
More on San Jose Dropping Parking Requirements (Patch)
Real Estate Growing Despite Work from Home (SFChron)
Berkeley Encampment Sweep (CapRadio)
Taking Amtrak to Portland (SFGate)
Letters: Muni Wasting Resources (SFChron)

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Friday morning's rally in Oakland for better transit. Photo: Ian Griffiths

Weekend Roundup: East Bay’s Transit Month, Progress on J.F.K.

By Roger Rudick | Sep 10, 2021 | No Comments

...and BART scraps last of its lemons from the 1990s

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