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A serious New Year's Day crash put two in the hospital in the Richmond District

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Editorial: Traffic Violence and COVID-19 Response

By Roger Rudick | Mar 16, 2020 | No Comments

Too many nations refuse to address the pandemic of traffic violence with the same urgency--and that's been killing millions every year for decades

Sunday Streets on Valencia in 2018. Sadly, it looks as if events such as these are off the table for a least a few months. Image: Catherine Orland

Advocates and the Pandemic

By Roger Rudick | Mar 12, 2020 | No Comments

It's difficult to know what to do as a professional advocate, but here's some perspective and a look at developing policies for work-at-home

Claire Amable, Jodie Medeiros, London Breed, Jeffrey Tumlin, and Alaric Degrafinried cutting the ribbon. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Advocates Welcome a Safer Townsend

By Roger Rudick | Mar 10, 2020 | No Comments

Advocates fought hard to improve conditions around the Caltrain Depot. Here are the results.

Tess Rothstein's ghost bike at Howard and 6th. Her friend Norna Ross is seen kneeling. Photo: Stephen Braitsch

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One Year Later, Remembering Tess Rothstein

By Roger Rudick | Mar 9, 2020 | No Comments

Friends and safety advocates gather to mourn a cyclist killed on Howard one year ago

View out the front of a Marin-Sonoma 'SMART' train. Photo: SMART

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Tuesday’s Transit Trouncing

By Roger Rudick | Mar 4, 2020 | No Comments

Overshadowed by the Super Tuesday primaries, transit funding measures in Marin/Sonoma and Contra Costa failed. What does this bode for a regional Mega Measure?

An Uber drop off in front of Valencia Cyclery in the bike lane. Photo: Safelanes

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Valencia Cyclery Owner Feels Misunderstood

By Roger Rudick | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments

Plus twitter parodies the shop owner's objections to protected bike lanes and car-free streets

San Jose is installing more bike infrastructure, but so far its injury and fatal crash trends are still moving in the wrong direction. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

SPUR San Jose: Vision Zero Progress and Challenges

By Melanie Curry | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments

Adopting a Vision Zero policy is only the first step. San Jose is only now embarking on investing in infrastructure, data, and collaboration to reach the goals of no traffic fatalities.

Endorsement: Marin/Sonoma Need Alternatives to Traffic, Vote ‘Yes’ on Measure I

By Roger Rudick | Feb 26, 2020 | No Comments

A 'yes' vote would continue the North Bay's slow march back to a sane and safe transportation system

A diagram of the default intersection design for the next set of upgrades for Valencia. Image: SFMTA

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Protected Intersections for Valencia

By Roger Rudick | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments

Finally, SFMTA is adapting this true-and-tried intersection treatment and stepping away from the hated 'mixing zone.' Plus other thoughts on the designs.

The driver of this police cruiser got on his PA and informed cyclists who were slowing his progress that "there's a bicycle lane for a reason." Image from Jessica Jenkin's YouTube.

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Time to Ban Cars on Market for Real?

By Roger Rudick | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments

The city banned "private cars" on Market Street. But some of the remaining motorists keep harassing and endangering cyclists. Maybe it's time to take the next step.

Valencia Cyclery. The owner of this bike shop is *against* safe bike infrastructure near his shop. Image from their web page

Bike Shop Owner Opposes Car-Free Valencia

By Roger Rudick | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments

Say it isn't so, Valencia Cyclery

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