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Commentary: First Section of Market Street’s Sidewalk-Level Bike Lanes Completed

Improvements to Market Street will finally segregate buses and cars from cyclists, creating a safer, more efficient street for all modes.

July 7, 2025

Inner Richmond Parents Fed Up with SFMTA Watering Down Safety

Mother of a child hit by a driver furious with city excuses for not taking daylighting and other safety measures seriously.

July 2, 2025

Panel: Doing High-Speed Rail Right

At the APTA conference in San Francisco, representatives from France, Germany, and Japan revealed the secrets behind their high-speed rail success stories.

June 30, 2025

Caltrans Continues Outreach on “Vision 980” for Oakland

Is there still some hope for reconnecting West Oakland with downtown by removing the huge barrier of I-980?

June 26, 2025

Commentary: Advocates Just Won a Transit Funding Battle They Can’t Afford to Continually Re-Fight

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.

June 25, 2025

SPUR Talk: The State’s Role in Keeping the Bay Area’s Trains and Buses Running

As advocates make progress in Sacramento, this SPUR panels breaks down goals for a more sustainable transportation future

June 24, 2025

Follow-up on Valencia: SFMTA Cut Corners on the Corners

It’s hard to imagine a bike lane project that’s had more plans and public outreach than Valencia Street’s curbside-protected bike lanes. That’s why it was surprising to realize an important discrepancy between the approved plans and what SFMTA actually installed.

June 18, 2025

Commentary: Another Brush with Traffic Violence

Saturday evening I witnessed a terrifying crash caused by a reckless driver. It's just another example of a broken system.

June 17, 2025

Goons Vandalize Sunset Dunes Again

Artists and advocates have already fixed some of the damage.

June 16, 2025

Alameda Water Shuttle Service to Increase Starting in July

Woodstock is such a success, they're now going to stretch service to six days a week and the search has begun for a second boat so that can go up to seven.

June 13, 2025