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Advocates Continue Push for Integrated Transit

By Roger Rudick | May 14, 2021 | No Comments

A rational, universal fare structure and coordinated schedules that put the customer first? Sounds great--but how do you do it?

If motorists want to access GGP's museums, they can use MLK Drive, named after the man on the left in this photo from 1955 of the Montgomery bus boycott. Or, of course, they can leave the car at home and take the 44 O'Shaugnessy, which runs directly between the museums and Walton's district. Photo: King Institute/Stanford

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Supervisor’s Comparison of Car-Free JFK to Jim Crow Is “Offensive”

By Roger Rudick | May 13, 2021 | No Comments

Trying to stop motorists from using a park as a freeway isn't comparable to segregation. Supervisor Shamann Walton is either ignorant or intentionally misleading on an indefensible position

Greg Riessen proudly standing on one of the bioswell builbouts he helped plan on Folsom. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Celebrating Folsom in Rincon Hill

By Roger Rudick | May 12, 2021 | No Comments

An unofficial Streetsblog ribbon-cutting on Folsom in Rincon Hill

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Tracking Transit’s Return

By Roger Rudick | May 11, 2021 | No Comments

A round up of what's happening at the Bay Area's three biggest transit agencies and the inevitable return to pre-pandemic service levels

Bullet Train Haters Self-Satirize

By Roger Rudick | May 6, 2021 | No Comments

Opponents partake in some high-speed absurdities

Traffic today on the Golden Gate Bridge. Photo from Jason Henderson's twitter

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Commentary: As Bay Area Reopens, Let’s Focus on the Other, Ongoing Crisis

By Roger Rudick | May 6, 2021 | No Comments

If we can bend the COVID curve, we can bend the carbon curve.

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Advocates Demand City Fix South Van Ness

By Roger Rudick | May 5, 2021 | No Comments

One of the city's most overbuilt, dangerous streets needs fixed now, say advocates

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People to Transit Agencies: Get it Together

By Roger Rudick | May 4, 2021 | No Comments

Poll shows transit riders support efforts of Seamless Bay Areas and others in seeking an integrated system

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Mr. Barricade to Cities: Safety Ain’t About Money

By Roger Rudick | May 3, 2021 | No Comments

If you think it takes piles of loot to make safe streets, you're doing it wrong

Oakland Coliseum's vaccination site. Photo: City of Alameda

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Update on Pedestrian/Bike Ban at Coliseum Vaccination Center

By Roger Rudick | Apr 30, 2021 | No Comments

Some 3,000 people took BART to get vaccinated at Coliseum--BART officials and others are trying to keep that option open

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Advocates Battle Sharks Over Parking, Safe Streets

By Roger Rudick | Apr 28, 2021 | No Comments

The owners of the San Jose Sharks hockey team are officially opposing a proposed development in an around San Jose's Diridon station.

Old and new French high-speed trains in Paris. France wants people to use emissions-free trains rather than short-haul flights. Image: Wikimedia commons

Support the Bullet Train for Earth Day

By Roger Rudick | Apr 22, 2021 | No Comments

Advocates are gearing up to protect California's high-speed rail project this Earth Day because of its importance in fighting climate-change

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