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Update: Progress Towards Seamless Transit

By Roger Rudick | Jul 30, 2021 | No Comments

Next step is the MTC Board

A storm drain in East Oakland. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

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What About the Drains, Oakland?

By Roger Rudick | Jul 28, 2021 | No Comments

OakDOT is making great strides in repaving, but what if it's all for naught?

Amtrak's newest HSR is capable of over 200. But only with the right tracks and wire overhead for power. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

L.A. Times Needs to Stop High Speed Gaslighting

By Damien Newton and Roger Rudick | Jul 26, 2021 | No Comments

Once again, the L.A. Times's most irresponsible reporter repeats battery train blather

A "protected" bike lane on Market, at least on this bus boarding island at 14th. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Eyes on the Street: OakDOT Does Ped Improvements on Market, San Pablo

By Roger Rudick | Jul 21, 2021 | No Comments

Where there was paint and posts, now there is concrete

U.S. Senator Padilla and Congressman Costa touring HSR construction in the Central Valley last week. Photo: California High Speed Rail Authority

U.S. Senators tell Cal Lawmakers to Stop Effing with Bullet Train

By Roger Rudick | Jul 20, 2021 | No Comments

Assemblymembers Rendon, Friedman get a talking to from Senators Feinstein, Padilla over budget delays to high-speed rail

Metro and Caltrans 5 Freeway widening through Burbank. Everybody talks about how we can't keep widening freeways. And everybody keeps doing it. Photo by Joe Linton

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SPUR Talk: How do We Get California to Stop Widening Highways?

By Roger Rudick | Jul 20, 2021 | No Comments

How many times have you heard a California transportation official say "we can't keep widening freeways," just before they talk about the latest "gap closure" or "ramp realignment" project they're boosting?

This was a parking lot not long ago. Photos from Chris and Melissa Bruntlett's presentation

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SPUR Talk: Lessons from Delft, an Urban Ideal

By Roger Rudick | Jul 15, 2021 | No Comments

Two North American transplants talk about mental health, equity, bikes... and how their new home of Delft gets it right

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A Very Ferry Future for Oakland?

By Roger Rudick | Jul 12, 2021 | No Comments

Oakland City Councilmember and vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan wants a less San Francisco/commuter-focused service, with direct ferries running between multiple locations and Oakland.