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Long Beach Opens New Mark Bixby Walk/Bike Path along Harbor Bridge
The spectacular path would not have happened without the vociferous, aggressive advocacy of its namesake Mark Bixby
May 25, 2023
Commentary: Spin Can’t Save Lives
KPIX runs a report that makes it seem as if SFMTA has succeeded at making streets safer; that's just counterfactual
May 25, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Competing with Car Ownership
This week we’re joined by the head of Zipcar, Angelo Adams! We talk about how Zipcar gets parking spaces, how they find customers, the benefits of car sharing and how the company’s biggest competitor is car ownership.
May 25, 2023
Feds Take Baby Step Towards Maybe, Possibly Improving the Car Safety Rating Program
Europe is so far ahead of us on this.
May 25, 2023
Electeds, DC Advocates Ride Together For Policy Change
A recent ride through the nation’s capital brought advocates and politicos together to experience life behind a set of handlebars — and rally support for new policies that could make that experience less deadly.
May 25, 2023
Opinion: Could You Go a Week Without Driving? (Yes — And Here’s Why You Should)
If you can drive and can afford a car, you probably don’t understand what it’s like to rely, day in and out, on walking, rolling, transit, or asking or paying for rides. But this is every day for non-drivers.
May 25, 2023
Two Action Items: Geary in S.F. and Grand in Alameda
Advocates, keep your powder dry: new/old battles brewing on Geary and on Grand in Alameda
May 24, 2023
Live from Denver: Two Streetfilms, Two Great Ideas, One Leading City
During the NACTO conference in Denver earlier this month, Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. got to see the next generation in traffic circles — a design with a rotary so big that car drivers have to slow down. Check it out.
May 24, 2023
Opinion: To Halt Wasteful Highways, America Needs a ‘Road Review’
n February, the government of Wales announced that it was scrapping all major road-building projects. The move came after a year-long “roads review” in which a government-appointed panel systematically reviewed the nation’s road-building program in light of its climate and environmental goals. To an American steeped in our highway-happy, boondoggle-building transportation policy system, the summary of the roads review reads like something out of a particularly good fantasy novel. But could it happen here, too, if the people lead the way?
May 24, 2023
Opinion: Feds Must Give Transit the Support (And Flexibility) It Needs Right Now
Budget shortfalls coupled with inflation and rising transit operating costs, threaten to cause the “transit death spiral.” We must not let that happen.
May 24, 2023
