Sorry Bus Stops, Round 1 Matchup: Nashville vs. Houston
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The first matchup of 2018 features two waiting spaces that are not for the faint of heart.
Huizar Cuts Ribbon on El Sereno’s Alhambra Avenue Safety Improvements
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Photos of new safety improvements along Alhambra Blvd
What’s Just? A Cyclist’s Dilemma After Being Injured by an Undocumented Driver
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Kristen Green from Ghost Bikes Chicago installs memorials to fallen cyclists. But after she experienced traffic violence herself, she faced a moral predicament.
After Recent Deaths, Bike East Bay Renews Call for Safety Fixes
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John Wheeler, Christopher Bunag, Deontae Bush, and Martin Nelis all killed by motorists in just the past few weeks
Meet Six Sorry Bus Stops That Weren’t Sorry Enough to Make the Cut
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Streetsblog received so many submissions for our Sorriest Bus Stop competition we didn't have room for these.
Today’s Headlines
|- Huge new transbay transit center opens in San Francisco (The Epoch Times)
- Marin water district puts up signs prohibiting all e-bikes from its trails (Marin Independent Journal)
- Work begins in Salinas in anticipation of future commuter rail service connection to Bay Area (The Californian)
- BART security plan is not popular (Curbed)
- Where your gas tax dollars go (CalMatters)
- Oakland is undergoing a massive construction boom (Mercury News)
- What would happen if cars were removed from cities? (European Sting)
- Aliso Canyon mitigation settlement could go towards reducing methane from cows (Inside Climate News)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
SGV Connect 24: Double Decker Buses and Open Space Funding
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Welcome back to SGV Connect. In today’s episode, our co-hosts conduct two interviews on the expansion of the Foothill Transit bus fleet and the arrival of open space funds in L.A. County. First, Kris Fortin follows up on the news (SGV Tribune, Forbes) that Foothill Transit is adding double-decker buses to their commuter fleet. Foothill […]
BART Board Hears Proposed Security Measures
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More cameras, better data management, hardening the system--but opponents fear privacy invasion and police abuses
Talking Headways Podcast: The Uber Effect
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This week we're joined by Andrew Salzberg, head of transportation policy and research at Uber. Andrew talks about growing up in Montreal and his previous transportation work at the World Bank. We also chat about the importance of transportation policy at the city level and Uber's support for congestion pricing.
Today’s Headlines
|- Nevada County seeks public input on its plans for bike and pedestrian safety (Yuba Net)
- StanCOG releases final environmental review for Regional Transportation Plan (Patterson Irrigator)
- BART okays new safety measures but not everyone’s happy (SF Chronicle)
- GoBike expansion slowing in SF (Curbed)
- Dockless bikeshare is teaching Seattle plenty (Grist)
- Well…. maaaaybe: Denham (R-Turlock) says he’ll be the next Transportation and Infrastructure chair (Roll Call)
- Building sustainability projects brings many additional benefits (Sacramento Bee)
- Sierra College to hold a primer on California climate policy (Sierra Sun)
- In the midst of DMV wait-time controversy, Sacramento Bee exposes a secret DMV office near Capitol
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
How Lazy Coverage of Pedestrian Deaths Obscures Why Streets Are So Dangerous
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Journalists should be more skeptical of police accounts of pedestrian deaths.
Councilmember Ryu Rowena Study Could Determine Future of Safety Improvements
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Rowena's road diet makes the street measurably safer. A new study, not yet made public, proposes undoing the proven safety improvements.