San Francisco's favorite advocacy groups for better buses and trains kick off a month of celebration. And it comes at a time when transit seems more threatened than ever| sf.streetsblog.org
This is about petroleum versus renewable electric power| sf.streetsblog.org
...and BART installs new fare gates at its stations in San Mateo County The post Weekend Roundup: More Bus Benches, HSR Still Going… appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.| Streetsblog San Francisco
Get state headlines at Streetsblog California, national headlines at Streetsblog USA Independent journalism is more important than ever. Won’t you contribute? The post Headlines, August 22 appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.| Streetsblog San Francisco
In yet another betrayal of the city's Vision Zero and Transit First commitments, Mayor Lurie clears Waymo, Lyft, Uber to turn Market Street back into a traffic sewer The post Advocates Outraged: ‘Car-Free’ Market Street Ends on Tuesday appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.| Streetsblog San Francisco
Now that's a protected bike lane! The post Eyes on the Street: Los Angeles Gets New Concrete-Barrier-Protection on 3rd Street Bikeway appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.| Streetsblog San Francisco
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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
Here is a list of events this week. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.| sf.streetsblog.org
An amazing 24/7 bike-ped-transit connection can be made for pennies on the dollar—if the Bay Area can get past its car-brain affliction| sf.streetsblog.org
Advocates for safe and livable streets need to focus on fundamental change—and that starts by putting the brakes on highway widening once and for all| sf.streetsblog.org
SFMTA seems to be on schedule on the most studied, most debated eight blocks of protected bike lane in the history of bike lanes| 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
Protected bike lanes under construction on 7th/8th, 14th, 20th, Harrison Street, Grand Avenue, and Fruitvale Avenue.| 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
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| 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
