Talking Headways Podcast: Sharing a Ride to the Future
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This week's guest on Talking Headways is Zack Wasserman, head of global business development at Via, a ride-hailing company headquartered in New York. We talk about Via’s role as a trip provider, as well as a software builder for transit agencies, and how we can get more people sharing rides. We also discuss how transportation systems are likely to change in lower density places and the role of technological and policy innovation in both the public and private transportation sectors.
Will Philadelphia Go Backward on Parking Requirements and Housing Affordability?
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In many American cities, free on-street parking remains more abundant than affordable housing. Despite the housing crunch spreading to more urban areas, the politics of parking threatens to keep it that way.
Today’s Headlines
| | 4 Comments- Plans to Extend Central Subway (Hoodline)
- BART Board Tours Powell Station AKA ‘the Toilet’ (SFChron, SFBay)
- SF Tries to Clear Homeless from Civic Center BART (SFExaminer)
- BART Police Chief on Crime Reporting (SFChron)
- Muni’s Three-Bike Racks (Hoodline)
- Salesforce Gets Naming Rights to Transbay Transit Center (SFChron)
- Seniors Especially Vulnerable at Crosswalks (SFWeekly)
- Uber and Lyft Banned for SF Worker Ride Program (SFExaminer)
- Cable Car Bell Ringing Winner (SFBay)
- Boy and Father Hit by Pickup Truck while Bike Riding in Vallejo (SFGate)
- Mill Valley Protects Steps and Paths (MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Sad State of Oakland Streets, Sidewalks et al (SFChron)
Get state headlines at Streetsblog CA, national headlines at Streetsblog USA
Bike Lane Pop-up in Macon, Georgia, Wins Over County Engineer, Goes Permanent
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Resident-led, temporary demonstrations of protected bike lanes just keep working.
Today’s Headlines
| | 6 Comments- Central Subway Concrete Pour (KGO)
- Merchants Hurt by Subway Construction (SFExaminer)
- Naming Rights for Transbay Transit Center (Curbed)
- Higher Fines Discussed for Trashing Dolores Park (SFBay)
- San Francisco’s Growth from Space (SFGate)
- Mapping High-rise Projects (Curbed)
- Belmont NIMBYs Object to HSR Passing Tracks (DailyJournal)
- Novato Funds Completion of Downtown Station (MarinIJ)
- How the Highway of Tomorrow ‘Solved’ SF Traffic Woes (SFChron)
- Commentary: San Rafael Will Pay for SMART Train Bike Link (MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Pro-Density Advocate Running (SFExaminer)
Get state headlines at Streetsblog CA, national headlines at Streetsblog USA
Vote on Cap-and-Trade Bills Postponed to “Allow Discussion”
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Governor Brown is pushing hard to pass two bills that would reauthorize California’s cap-and-trade system, telling the Sacramento Bee that to lose would be a tragedy “for California and for the world.” But proponents of strong climate change policies say that the way one of the bills is currently written could seriously undermine those efforts. […]
A Victory for Bike and Safety Activism on Upper Market Protected Bike Lanes
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As Streetsblog readers have surely seen on social media, heard through the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), or read in the SF Examiner, advocates fended off a last attempt (one hopes) to jam up the Upper Market parking protected bike lane project. Yesterday afternoon, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to deny a […]
All the Effort That Went Into Fighting a Dallas Highway Is About to Pay Off
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The Trinity Parkway would cost $1.5 billion, further entrench car dependence, and ruin riverfront parkland and natural habitat. But now, after a sustained campaign that turned highways and transportation into a central issue in local elections, the Dallas City Council is on the verge of killing the project.
Today’s Headlines
|- Attempts to Stall Upper Market Bike Lane Fails (SFExaminer)
- More on Central Subway Delays (SFBay)
- More on East Bay Bikeshare Expansion (SFBay)
- Plans to Slow Traffic in Golden Gate Park (SFBay)
- Bicycle Chop Shop Bill Advances (Hoodline)
- Outdoor Co-Working Space in SoMa Parking Lot (Curbed)
- BART Police Chief Defends Crime Reporting (EastBayTimes)
- Developer Would Restore Key System Building (Hoodline)
- SF May Roll Back Regs on AT&T Sidewalk Utility Boxes (SFChron)
- Below Market Rate Housing Regs Approved (SFExaminer, SFBay)
- San Francisco Discusses Vancouver-Style Vacancy Tax (SFExaminer)
- SFPD Standoff with Skateboarders over Use of Street (Hoodline, SFBay)
Get state headlines at Streetsblog CA, national headlines at Streetsblog USA
Bike-Share Launches in the East Bay
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Other places may have had bike-share for a while, but the cities of the East Bay have had to wait while the kinks were worked out elsewhere. It was worth the wait.
The Bus Network Redesign in Indianapolis Will Be Like Launching a Brand New Transit System
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What Indianapolis is doing deserves attention, especially from other spread-out American cities looking to spend their transit dollars as efficiently as possible. The big change is a complete reshaping of bus service, which will be like setting up a brand new transit network.