Metro Gaslights, Disputing 20 Percent Service Cut, but Many Buses Already Crowded
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Metro is looking to approve 20 percent bus service cuts next week
Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Right of Way’ with Angie Schmitt
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Schmitt, the former editor of Streetsblog USA, talks with us about why she wrote the book and what she hopes folks can take away from it.
Human Driver of ‘Driverless’ Car Charged in 2018 Ped Death
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But safe streets advocates fear that by holding accountable only the person behind the wheel — rather than the other parties involved in the crash — justice won't really be done.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Californians are divided along racial lines re: COVID worries, responses (SF Chronicle)
- U.S. transit agencies lobby for congressional help (Post-Gazette)
- U.S. Senate Democrats recommend less driving as committee approves billions for new roads (Transportation for America)
- Spain says transit is safe, please take buses and trains and stop driving so much (El Pais)
- SF officials say they’ll work to reduce frivolous lawsuits that delay safety projects (SF Chronicle)
- Investing in a zero-emission economy will be expensive – but “easily affordable” (Reuters)
- California needs to build housing away from wildland interface (NPR)
- With CDC moratorium, eviction filings fall (Bloomberg)
- LA sheriff department’s response to deputy shooting is inflammatory, aggressive, racist, and full of falsehoods (LA Times)
- REI gets into the e-bike game (Electrek)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
What Happened to Marina/Cow Hollow Bike-Share Stations?
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Four bike share stations approved in Cow Hollow and the Marina, in Catherine Stefani's district, are still parking spots. Advocates want to know what gives.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Environment California offers five urgent solutions to the climate crisis (CalMatters)
- Project to separate freight and passenger rail at Stockton lands another $20m grant (Mass Transit, Escalon Times)
- Being a Black planner in California (CP&DR)
- Lessons from pedestrian malls of the past (Fast Company)
- Black essential workers tell their pandemic stories (Elemental)
- Health effects of breathing smoke (National Geographic)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- This “game” could help you understand the twelve propositions on the California ballot (Gimme Props)
- It’s time to take urban freight seriously (TheCityFix)
- Aggressive action by federal government could cut U.S. emissions considerably (Smart Cities Dive)
- Surprise! Trump dismisses “science” (Mercury News)
- California files another legal challenge against Trump administration on environmental rollbacks (OAG)
- There never has been any intention to recycle plastic (NPR)
- ICE resumes deportation arrests (NY Times)
- Homeless sweeps continue in Bay Area despite coronavirus “moratorium” (Mercury News)
- Tahoe seeks input on transportation plan (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
- San Jose wants to know how to improve transportation – survey (San Jose Spotlight)
- Hong Kong’s pedestrian fences are about control (CityLab)
- U.S. Chinatowns’ history of racism, marketing (National Geographic)
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Eyes on the Street: Hollywood All Black Lives Matter Mural Shrunk
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O'Farrell and the city need to move beyond shallow commemorations, and take real steps toward ensuring that all Black lives - including transgender ones - are truly protected and uplifted
AC Transit Rolls Out Free PPE
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Hand sanitizer, masks, and instructions on how to stay safe will become standard on AC Transit buses
The Other Type of Car Pollution That Harms Us All
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Noise pollution from busy roads is nearly as harmful to our health as air pollution.
How to Remake Streets for Kids During COVID-19
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Cities need to keep their youngest residents safe, healthy, and learning in their own neighborhood thanks to a pandemic that is putting roughly 80 percent of U.S. students on remote learning. Here's how.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Governor Newsom: “This is a climate damn emergency” (Capital Public Radio, CalMatters, SF Chronicle)
- How climate change is fueling fires (LA Times)
- And how the fires interact with the pandemic (NBC)
- The 2020 Census, underfunded and rushed, may turn out to be useless – or worse (Route Fifty)
- A single person is delaying eco-friendly projects in San Francisco in the midst of a climate crisis (SF Chronicle)
- In the midst of tense protests, L.A. deputies arrest reporter (LA Times)
- Politics and police unions stopped bill to hold bad cops accountable (LA Times)
- Community services organization buying motels in Escondido for homeless housing (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Turning an L.A. golf course into housing: Would politics allow it? (CityLab)
- It’s “Pedestrian Safety Month” so all the cities and towns remind pedestrians to be careful, now, cars can kill and maim! (Patch)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF