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Two Calls to Action: Petitions to Save Transit, Save Market Street
Advocates are making a full-court press to save Bay Area transit from suffering the same fate as Chicago and to stop Market Street from devolving into a car sewer.
June 5, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: Keys to San Francisco’s Future
Sujata Srivastava, Chief Policy Officer at SPUR, on an "urbanist decision-making framework for San Francisco’s new mayor."
June 5, 2025
Commentary: California Needs a Jet-Powered Car Train
How about an HSR proposal Duffy and the USDOT can get behind?
June 4, 2025
California’s Enviro and Smart Growth Leaders to CTC – Don’t Use Congestion Relief Funds for Highway Expansion
Our concerns about these projects relate to their inconsistency with the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI), their likelihood to significantly increase driving, their environmental, climate, and displacement impacts, and their conflicts with California’s climate and equity goals...
June 4, 2025
Carnage from Compromise: Walk SF Speaks Out After Another Senior Killed on Geary
A driver killed a 67-year-old pedestrian Monday at the intersection of Geary Boulevard and 2nd Avenue. “We are heartbroken to learn of another life lost on our streets,” said Walk San Francisco’s Marta Lindsey. “We hold the victim’s loved ones and community in our thoughts.” The organization also reminds people that this is the second […]
June 3, 2025
Richmond to Formalize Citizen Bus Benches
Will the city of Richmond show how to stop bad actors in city bureaucracies from destroying transit and Vision Zero installations?
June 2, 2025
Alameda’s Central Ave Project Depends on Paint and Prayers for Bike Safety
After a decade of advocacy, a bike lane will start construction on Central Avenue on Monday. But most will be unprotected
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January 24, 2025
Wiener Introduces Legislation to Continue CEQA Exemption for Sustainable Transportation
“We’re excited to see Senator Wiener continue his leadership on active transportation with SB 71, which makes permanent a bill he authored to exempt biking, walking, and public transit plans and projects from CEQA review,” said CalBike Policy Director Jared Sanchez.
January 24, 2025
Commentary: It Shouldn’t be Possible to Go 100 MPH in a Car
Tesla, other car makers, Newsom, the staff at SFMTA, former mayors and other politicians, collectively owe Luu an answer as to why her boyfriend's death was necessary
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January 23, 2025
