Headlines, March 28
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Why Vision Zero Fails (MissionLocal) San Francisco Could Follow NYC Congestion Pricing Model (Forbes) Tech Bus Blocked Traffic? (SFGate) Want to Lower Emissions? Drive Less (GovTech) Caltrain Gets rid of Gallery Cars (MassTransit) D3 Candidates Talk About Density (MissionLocal) YIMBYs and the Mayoral Election (SFStandard) Oakland’s Downtown is Struggling (SFChron) Bay Area Bridges with ‘Defects’ (SFStandard) San Francisco Tourism is Down (SFGate) Commentary: San Francisco is Still Dreamy (SFChron) Commentary: Three Things San Francisco Must do to Make Streets Safer (SFChron) Get state headli ..read more
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Why We Care About Some Transportation Tragedies More Than Others
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by Kea Wilson
38m ago
American media outlets and transportation officials are scrambling to explain the cascading failures that caused the collapse of a key Baltimore bridge. What if we treated our national epidemic of car crashes with that same degree of urgency — not to mention that same holistic approach to saving lives? That’s the question that’s been at the top of my mind since the Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge early on Tuesday, prompting emergency visits from the President, the Secretary of Transportation, and the National Transportation Safety Board, as well as a wave of public debate about the ma ..read more
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Transportation Commission: Touting Active Transportation, Approving Highway Expansions
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by Melanie Curry
38m ago
Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. First things first: at the last minute, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) rescheduled its discussion of the controversial Yolo Causeway project, which is a plan to widen I-80 between Davis and Sacramento. The delay was apparently in response to a letter sent to the commission by the California Air Resources Board outlining serious flaws ..read more
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Guest Commentary: Traffic Engineers Must Put Safety Over Driver Throughput
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by Isabella Chu
18h ago
Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. On March 16, 2024, a family of four, including a toddler and an infant, was wiped out by a driver who careened into a West Portal bus stop. This is the second time in less than a year that a driver in an SUV killed a child. These events aren’t rare. Just as the United States is an outlier among peer nations for gun deaths, it is ..read more
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Headlines, March 27
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Some of Country’s Deadliest Intersections are in S.F. (Underscore) More on West Portal Tragedy (SFExaminer, ABC7, KRON4) S.F. Drivers Upset About Tickets for Parking on Sidewalk (SFStandard) San Francisco Gets a New Ferry (Hoodline) D5 Candidates Talk About Road Safety (MissionLocal) Connie Chan Wants to be a Safe-Streets Advocate? (KRON4) S.F. Supes Quash Housing Again (SFChron) Mayor Breed Nominates Lydia So to San Francisco Planning Commission (Hoodline) Planters are Hostile? (SFStandard) Life on Yerba Buena Island (SFChron) Bay Area Bridges are Protected from Ship Collisions (SFGate, SFCh ..read more
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Survey Says: American Walking Data Is Getting Worse
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by Kea Wilson
1d ago
A recent shift in how the federal government measures Americans’ travel behavior may have undercounted walking trips by more than half — and as transportation leaders look to that flawed data to make infrastructure decisions, it could have dire implications for the pedestrian of tomorrow. In December of last year, sustainable transportation advocates were shocked when the feds announced that walking trips had plunged to just 6.8 percent of all journeys taken on U.S. roads, down from 10.5 percent from five years prior. That works out to a shocking 60-percent drop in total pedestrian journeys ..read more
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With a New Statewide Task Force, California Is Getting Real about Transit Transformation
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by Laura Tolkoff
1d ago
Note: This post as originally published at SPUR. Reprinted here with permission Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature directed the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to convene a statewide transit transformation task force to develop policy recommendations to grow transit ridership, improve the transit experience, and address long-term operational needs. SPUR has been appointed to serve on both the 25-member task force and on the supporting technical working group. The effort is arguably the state’s largest foray into transit policy in decades and one tha ..read more
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Two-Item Tuesday: Update on Frida Kahlo Way, Lake Merritt BART Development Plans
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by Roger Rudick
2d ago
Two stories dropped Tuesday that are of interest to the safe and livable streets community. Supervisor Melgar throws down on City College over Frida Kahlo Way safety project Supervisor Myrna Melgar with her bike in front of City Hall. Photo from her staff S.F. District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar gave her full support Monday to putting a two-way protected bike lane on Frida Kahlo Way by City College. From her statement, part of a letter to the College Board of Trustees: I am writing to express my strong support for the Frida Kahlo Quick-Build and concern that the City College Board of Trustees ..read more
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Headlines, March 26
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SFMTA Absolves Itself of Blame in West Portal Crash (SFChron) More on Driver Who Crashed Into Bus Stop on Fulton (Hoodline) More on E-Bike Rebate (CBSNews) Progress on Overnight Train Between LA and S.F.? (SFGate) Where I learned to Trick a Self-Driving Car (SFGate) Fire Hydrant Came out of Nowhere, Wasn’t Wearing a Helmet (MissionLocal) More on Fremont as Happiest City? (SFChron) Golden Gate Bridge Tolls Going Up (SFExaminer, ABC7, CBSNews) Letters: Oakland’s Government is Failing (SFChron) Letters: Can Self-Driving Cars Prevent West Portal Tragedies? (SFChron) Commentary: Safe Streets are a ..read more
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People on Bikes Can Come Together As Advocates — No Matter Why They Ride
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by Streetsblog Editors
2d ago
This week, we’re bringing you an interview with former Bicycling Magazine editor and cycling journalism veteran Peter Flax, to talk about Flax’s new book, Live to Ride: Finding Joy and Meaning on a Bicycle.” Flax and guest host Gersh Kuntzman, of Streetsblog NYC fame, dig into the reasons why so many of us love to spend time on two wheels, and why people on bikes from all backgrounds come together around the simple joy of pedaling — as well as how they might come together as advocates to build coalitions that win real policy change. Listen in below, on Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else you ..read more
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