Bernal residents could have woken to the sound of a reckless driver crashing into concrete. Instead, another man is dead in a city that isn't yet serious about Vision Zero| sf.streetsblog.org
E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs—if cities take them seriously| sf.streetsblog.org
Caltrain Board Chair and San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine declares victory| sf.streetsblog.org
Advocates with the San Francisco Transit Riders, Friends of Caltrain, Seamless Bay Area, and other pro-transit groups are starting the big push to get the required two-thirds of voters in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to support a 1/8 cent sales tax on the November ballot to raise over $100 million annually for Caltrain.| sf.streetsblog.org
This wraps up the first week of operations for the new Salesforce Transit Center, phase 1. Reviews are in, and most people seem to love the rooftop park and the grand design of the facility. But what about phase 2, the train station below it–and the thing that makes it the future Grand Central Station of…| sf.streetsblog.org
“Some people hate trains,” joked Governor Jerry Brown, at this morning’s groundbreaking ceremony for the Caltrain electrification and modernization project, at the Millbrae Caltrain station. The audience of business leaders, well-known politicians, Caltrain staffers, high-speed rail people, and many others involved in the project laughed. “I didn’t say the majority!” Brown recalled riding the Daylight…| sf.streetsblog.org
Tuesday's recall of Supervisor Joel Engardio proves the city really needs to take another look at its provisions| sf.streetsblog.org
All the major transit advocacy groups assembled Monday morning in downtown San Francisco to demand the city's former mayor (Governor Gavin Newsom) intervene and stop the cancellation of a vital $750 million state loan intended to keep the city moving| sf.streetsblog.org
Some good news and some very bad news for people who support transportation options in the Bay Area| sf.streetsblog.org
The full five counties are now on board| sf.streetsblog.org
Wiener and Arreguín launch Senate Bill 63, another attempt to get a sales tax onto the ballot to keep the Bay Area moving| sf.streetsblog.org
Despite the ongoing crashes, the most potent tool to reduce automobile speeds remains off the table. Local advocates are outraged| sf.streetsblog.org
City continues to follow "Levels of Service" and wants to sacrifice lives for traffic throughput on Franklin| sf.streetsblog.org
The Center for Bicyclist and Pedestrian Safety and UC Berkeley's planning department research why fire departments and street safety advocates sometimes clash| sf.streetsblog.org
'The City Engineer determined that the barricade removal is necessary for public safety based on increased traffic volumes and driver behavior'| sf.streetsblog.org
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Thanks to a public records request from Bike East Bay, we now know why two public hearings were cancelled at the last minute| sf.streetsblog.org
San Pablo Avenue around El Cerrito Del Norte BART is getting some kick-ass bike infrastructure. Is this the first step towards making the length of San Pablo a street that's safe for all?| sf.streetsblog.org
It's still illegal to ride a bike between Treasure Island and downtown San Francisco on a bridge with ten lanes for motorists. But do tell us again how cyclists are privileged.| sf.streetsblog.org
From Antioch to Oakland, advocates are making slow but steady headway that's sometimes eclipsed by the showier projects| sf.streetsblog.org
A man was killed crossing Franklin in 2021 in front of Sherman Elementary. And now promises to make the street safe are coming undone thanks to an engineer who didn't get the memo: LEVEL OF SERVICE is not the way to evaluate projects.| sf.streetsblog.org
Advocates, fed up with SFMTA's lack of action, closed one lane on one block outside Sherman Elementary. But the city that claims to never have resources to build safe streets turned it back into a surface-level freeway later the same morning| sf.streetsblog.org
Oil-funded, Trumpian Republicans long-ago decided to turn California's HSR project into a political football. If they want to play games, then it's long past time for California Democrats to stop jerking around and play to win| sf.streetsblog.org
For now, electric trains will be randomly mixed into the existing diesel schedules as the agency prepares for full service| sf.streetsblog.org
We've got crews out stringing wire already. It's time to take it up a notch.| sf.streetsblog.org
A project to transform 8th from a deadly speedway back into a residential street is making real progress| sf.streetsblog.org
Power systems held under the full load. Caltrain remains on track for a launch of electric service in September| sf.streetsblog.org
Or more accurately, doesn't repair them| sf.streetsblog.org
