Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Ferry

D.C. Cyclist Jim Pagels Killed by Driver Hours After Tweeting About Unsafe Roads

By Kea Wilson | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

Grieving friends of a D.C. cyclist who was killed by a driver are fighting for his death to become a catalyst for safe street reforms in the capital and nationwide — just like he would have wanted.

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A Round and a Roundy: Godzilla vs. Kong is Not the Real Terror on our Streets

By Streetsblog Editors | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

National treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy is certainly not above glomming onto today's hottest trends.

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Why Motorcycle Companies Are Betting on E-Bikes

By Kea Wilson | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

America's best-known motorcycle brand is now selling e-bikes — reigniting a conversation about the changing role of automotive options beyond cars on U.S. roadways.

Image: David Wilson via Wikimedia Commons

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Good Transit Is Useless If People Can’t Live Near It

By Michael Andersen | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

A good Oregon bill would hold high-capacity transit lines to a very basic standard.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Apr 13, 2021 | No Comments

Rally for ‘JFK Thrive’ (SFExaminer) Merge BART and Caltrain? (EastBayTimes) Millbrae Wants HSR Underground (DailyJournal) Traffic Will be Worse than Pre-COVID (SFist) More on Return of Bay Area Traffic (SFChron) Scooters and e-Bikes Coming to Milpitas (EastBayTimes) Dangerous Areas for Cyclists in San Mateo County (DailyJournal) Changes to Gilman Interchange Coming (Berkeleyside) Neighborhoods With Biggest […]

A look at 'Slow Streets' in the Sunset. Image: SFMTA

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Is Gordon Mar Spiking Sunset’s Slow Streets?

By Roger Rudick | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

Supervisor Gordon Mar asks for the removal of slow streets near schools. Other Sunset slow streets are already disappearing. SFMTA denies it's happening.

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Biden Right to Think Beyond DOT

By Kea Wilson | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

Opponents of President Biden's infrastructure plan ignore that "transportation infrastructure" must include tackling our frayed social safety nets and our broken street designs.

If any one group deserves an award for alerting officials about the danger of road violence, it is Families for Safe Streets.

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LATEST LOBBYING: Advocates Pushing Raft of New Street-Safety Bills in Albany

By Eve Kessler | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

Drive includes measures on reckless drivers, speed limits, speed cameras, alcohol-impaired driving, and driver education.

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Regulators Make Headway on Wheelchair Access for Ride-Hail

By Mollie D’Agostino and Prashanth Venkataram | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

The CPUC is figuring out how the details in a program to help ride-hail companies provide wheelchair accessible vehicles. Here are some thoughts about it.

This Week: Smart City Cycling, Sanchez, Transit Riders

By Roger Rudick | Apr 12, 2021 | 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.