More Biking Would Bring Huge Health Benefits to California
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Increasing activity levels would reduce health burdens even more than cleaner air or reduced traffic injuries.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Three Collisions in San Francisco (SFExaminer, Hoodline)
- Dreamforce Shuts Down Block of Howard (Hoodline)
- Panhandle Playground Reopens (Hoodline)
- San Francisco High Rise Projects (Curbed)
- More on Tunnel Top Park (SFGate)
- 101 Ways to Live Sustainably (Curbed)
- Housing on UCSF Laurel Heights Campus (SFChron, Hoodline)
- Apple, Facebook and Google Can’t Solve Housing Crisis (CBS)
- Oakland Beating SF in Housing (SFChron)
- Berkeley Artist to Move “Big People” Statue (Curbed)
- Letters: Phase Out Fossil Fuels (SFChron)
- Commentary: Churches Have Sustainability Obligation (SFExaminer)
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Commentary: BART Police Need to Figure out Where They Stand on Rules
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Police union feels it is owed an apology?
This Week: Commercial Development, Treasure Island, San Jose Public Spaces
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Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar
Why Are Cops Handcuffing Churro Vendors?
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Americans are waking up to the fact that police are unnecessarily harassing people of color for minor violations on public transit and demanding that cops back off.
Lyft Brings E-Bikes to SF, But Not NYC (Yet)
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What are we, chopped liver?
Amtrak Wants To Compete With Planes And Roads
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Whaddya know? Amtrak is getting better and better — and may soon be profitable (you read that right!).
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- BART Cuffs Man for Eating Sandwich (SFGate, CBSNews)
- BART Apologizes, Police Demand Apology (EastBayTimes, SFExaminer)
- Should You Thank Your Bus Driver? (SFGate)
- City Hall Toilets Knocked Out by Van Ness BRT (SFExaminer)
- Uber Tax Good News for Muni (SFExaminer)
- More on Lyft e-Bikes Returning (BicycleRetailer)
- More on Hardened Centerlines on Foothill (MercNews, CBSLocal)
- Pedestrian Dies after Potrero Hill Crash (SFWeekly)
- Woman Recalls Moment Distracted Driver Struck Her (SFChron)
- Affordable Housing Wins Big (SFWeekly)
- Commentary: Housing Message is Muddled (SFChron)
- Commentary: Affordable Homes in Every Neighborhood (SFExaminer)
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The Smashing Success of NYC’s 14th Street Busway
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Paint and political willpower make transit better and streets more inviting and safe in New York City. Our favorite sock puppet reports.
City Officials All over the U.S. to Feds: Don’t Mandate Helmet Laws!
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NACTO, a group of city transportation officials from all over America, urged the National Transportation Safety Board to pull back from its recommendation earlier this week that all states require adults to wear helmets.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Return of the e-Bikes (SFExaminer)
- Uber Tax Squeaks by for Now (SFWeekly)
- Lyft Entices People to Give up Car Ownership (NYTimes)
- And More on BART’s Elevator Attendants (Curbed)
- SMART Stops Weekend Service Between Novato and Petaluma to test New Station (MarinIJ)
- Scott Wiener Talks Housing (SJSpotLight)
- Are Bay Area Homes Getting More Affordable? (SFChron)
- Homeless Pushed out of Oakland Encampment (SFChron)
- Pics of Presidio Tunnel Tops Park Ground Breaking (SFExaminer)
- Global Warming and Why California Burns (SFChron)
- Commentary: Ease Housing Costs on Elderly (SFChron)
- Commentary: AVs Could Help the Blind (SFChron)
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Streetsblog will be off Veteran’s Day, Monday, Nov. 11, returning with all things Streetsie on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
What Regulatory Role Should the State Play with Scooters, Bike-share? CA Legislators Want to Know
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State legislators hope to avoid repeating mistakes made when ride-hail companies suddenly showed up on the scene.