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Op-ed: Bumpy Road Ahead for Oakland Streets
Deaths on Oakland roads are soaring, road safety funds are drying up, and approved repaving and road safety projects could be delayed by years.
July 13, 2022
Commentary: Estuary Ferry Should Run as a Horizontal Elevator, Not a Bus
It's awesome that Alameda is moving forward on a ferry across the estuary from Jack London Square, but Streetsblog has a humble suggestion about how it should operate
July 6, 2022
Op-Ed: San Francisco Needs to Get Serious About Downtown’s Future
Alarm bells should be going off, but there’s no plan yet.
Danny Sauter
June 28, 2022
Vacation Reflections: Santa Barbara versus Carpinteria
Bike heaven vs. bike gaslighting
June 27, 2022
Commentary: Look to Amsterdam, not Antioch, for OakDOT’s New Director
Only a morally confused person would suggest years of "equity" outreach is required over whether to install infrastructure that prevents people from getting killed or maimed
June 22, 2022
SPUR Talk: Convert Offices to Housing?
People are working from home, resulting in one in five offices in San Francisco sitting empty. The Bay Area also has a housing crisis. Which has more and more people, including Governor Gavin Newsom, thinking it's time to look at converting some of that disused office space into housing.
May 17, 2022
Update on Efforts to Integrate Transit
"We run as one!" went the slogan of the Seamless cohort at Bay to Breakers. Unfortunately, Bay Area transit agencies still aren't on board.
May 16, 2022
Memo Calls for Reconsideration of BART Extension Design
Mayor Sam Liccardo is concerned about a potential $3 billion cost overrun for the BART extension to downtown San Jose thanks to the deep-bore concept.
May 10, 2022
Commentary: Reject Reckless Drivers from Leadership
It's not enough to denounce the act; one must also stigmatize and reject the perpetrators.
May 3, 2022
