Bike Group to Feds: Helmet Laws are Bad
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The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals has come out against mandatory helmet laws in a letter this week to the NTSB. We publish it in full.
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about livable streets
Today’s Headlines
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Challenges of Mega Projects (Curbed) Van Ness High Rise Delayed (Curbed) Conflict over SMART Train Sales Tax (SFChron) Oakland Trailers for Homeless Unveiled (EastBayTimes) Would Office Space Cap Ease Housing Crisis? (Citylab) More on Bay Area’s Stalled Housing Projects (NBCBayArea) Cars Deployed to Sense Air Quality (KQED) San Jose Mobile Home Park to be Razed […]
Dangerous by Design 2020: California, Like Most States, Is Not Improving Safety
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California set targets to INCREASE deaths and injuries of the most vulnerable users of its road system
Amtrak Non Grata at Transit Center
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The national rail operator can't even get a connecting bus into the "Grant Central Station of the West"?
Talking Headways Podcast: An Operating System for the Public Right of Way
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This week, we talk to Hugh Martin of Lacuna about open source ways to operate city streets in the future.
Car-Dependency Makes City Life Too Expensive
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If we truly want to reckon with our national poverty crisis, we have to make going car-lite or car-free a possibility for more people.
Today’s Headlines
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More on Saving Car-Free Section of Natoma (SFChron) More on Bus-Only Lane for Bay Bridge (SFGate) More on Embarcadero Dangers (NBCBayArea) Adaptive Scooters in San Francisco (SFChron) Wear a Helmet on a Scooter (PortlandTrib) Yes, More Housing Reduces Rents (Curbed) More on Empty Storefront Tax (Curbed) Berkeley’s First Low-Income Condos in 14 Years (Berkeleyside, EastBayTimes) […]
Scooterist Severely Injured on Embarcadero
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It's been over a year since Kevin Manning was killed... and now another vulnerable road user suffers the consequences of inaction
Philadelphia Mayor Makes Big Bike and Transit Promises. Advocates Have Doubts
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Can America's most autocentric cities ever become truly car-optional — and can a single politician do it alone?
Today’s Headlines
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Scooterist Severely Injured by Truck Driver on Embarcadero (SFChron, Hoodline) Safety Improvements Coming to Embarcadero (SFExaminer) More Support for Bay Bridge Bus Lane (SFExaminer) Marin Transit to Expand On-Demand Service, Raise Fares (MarinIJ) Redwood City Port Facility (DailyPost) Golden Gate Ferris Wheel Nears Approval (Hoodline) Uber Finally Focuses on Profits (Forbes) Homeless Moms Evicted (Curbed) […]