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Lowering Speed Limits Will Help Stop COVID-19
Hospitals are about to be overwhelmed with virus patients. Let's not strain our health care system any more — we need to reduce speed limits now.
March 17, 2020
Bike Mechanics Provide an ‘Essential Service’
...and yes, it's still okay to bike, albeit with social distancing in mind
March 17, 2020
Bay Area Locks Down, Non-essential Travel Banned, Biking Okay–for Now
Ride, safely. Just stay away from one another
March 17, 2020
High-Speed Rail Central Valley Director Diana Gomez on Bakersfield-Palmdale Section Plan
Bakersfield-Palmdale CAHSR utilizes a maximum gradient of 2.8 percent. There are 9 tunnels totalling 10.75 miles; the longest is approximately 2.5 miles. There are 15.25 miles of aerial structures.
March 16, 2020
America is Spending Billions Just to Make Traffic Worse
Induced demand isn't news to Streetsblog readers. But a new report from Transportation for America illustrates exactly how stupid lane widenings really are.
March 11, 2020
Active Transportation Program Cycle 5 May Fund Quick-Build Projects
Quick inexpensive safety projects give people an opportunity to experience a street design, and allow cities to gather feedback, collect data, and make adjustments. But they don't fit well into the state funding process.
March 9, 2020
Assemblymember Santiago Proposes CA Dedicate $2B Annually to Fight Homelessness
A.B. 3300 would create an onging $2 billion annual allocation to municipal and nonprofit programs and projects dedicated to fighting homelessness
March 6, 2020
Streetsblog 101: How Media Help Build Car Culture
Journalists reinforce anti-sustainable transportation sentiment in all kinds of ways — but they don't have to.
March 6, 2020
10 Ways To Make Transportation Cheaper And Equitable
Making transit, walking, and biking, safer and more convenient would help residents keep more money in their pockets for savings or to stimulate the local economy
March 6, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: Housing on the Bus Yard
Talking to SFMTA's Adrienne Heim and Rafe Rabalais about the Potrero Yard electric bus and housing project.
March 6, 2020
