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NASA wants to use SFMTA's public outreach model for future designs. Photo: US Gov

NASA Adopts SFMTA Decision-Making Model for Lunar Mission

By Roger Rudick | Mar 31, 2023 | No Comments

NASA managers and engineers, impressed with SFMTA's outreach and community meeting program, have decided that the next moon launch will be based on intuition, public comment, and the "better than nothing" model of orbital mechanics.

The T’s ‘Fare Transformation’ Project Is Transforming Into A Boondoggle

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

“There are a thousand things that need to fixed and the fare collection system is not one of them.”

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New Law Would Honor Legacy of Slain Cyclist Sarah Langenkamp By Helping Cities Fill Bike Network Gaps

By Kea Wilson | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

A new bill would encourage U.S. communities to use their federal safety dollars to fill the holes in city bike networks, and honor the legacy of an American hero who lost her life in one.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

BART Funding for Inspector General (SFStandard, EastBayTimes) Transit, Other Services, Must Avoid the Doom Loop (SFChron) How Many People Ride Muni’s Outer Richmond Express? (SFExaminer) SFMTA Plans to do Center Running Bike Lane on Valencia Despite Opposition (MissionLocal) Making People Pay a Little for Private Car Storage Around Lake Merritt (Oaklandside) More Plans to Spur Downtown […]

Sister Restaurant on Grand in Oakland. Photo: city of Oakland

A Little Parklet Update

By Roger Rudick | Mar 29, 2023 | No Comments

A little bit about Oakland and San Francisco's parklets/shared spaces programs

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How to Reframe the Narrative About Car Dependency

By Streetsblog | Mar 29, 2023 | No Comments

On today's episode of The Brake, host Kea Wilson brings you an extended interview with Grant Ennis, author of Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Harms Our Health and the Environment. Listen now.

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Vision Zero Under the Microscope: Why Aren’t Road Fatalities at 0 Yet?

By Gabriel Baumgaertner | Mar 29, 2023 | No Comments

Washington D.C. has failed to bring down road fatalities because its Vision Zero program is hampered by limited infrastructure improvements, low funding and inconsistent oversight, part one of a new report reveals.

Today’s Headlines

By Roger Rudick | Mar 29, 2023 | No Comments

Bay Area Transit Mulls ‘Free Transfer’ Pilot (SFStandard) North Berkeley BART Elevator Closed for Weeks (Berkeleyside) Ferries, Other Watercraft Trialing Battery Electric Propulsion (GovTech) Conservatives Liken Good Transit, Housing and Services to a ‘Communist Hellscape’ (SFGate) Au Contraire, Sprawl is Not the Result of a Free Market (Planetizen) What’s Holding Back Solutions to S.F.’s Problems? […]

The northern pilot/Valencia protected bike where it passes San Francisco Friends School and Millennium School (across from each other at Brosnan). Image: Streetsblog/Rudick

Call to Action: Help Build a Better Valencia Street

By Roger Rudick | Mar 28, 2023 | No Comments

Only 13 percent of people supported abandoning the Dutch-style plan in favor of center-running in last year's SFMTA outreach. Decades of Dutch and Danish planning experience shows center-running doesn't work. But the city forges ahead despite public opinion and international best practices. Join a growing chorus and tell the city to stop gaslighting cyclists and build for safety, not parking.