The Return of Sunday Streets
"It's great to see the momentum for making open-streets permanent."
April 11, 2022
Commentary: Even Airline Exec Prefers High-Speed Rail
Oil companies don't want you to know it, but even the boss of JetBlue takes high-speed rail over flying
April 6, 2022
Studying the Parisian Bike Boom
A San Francisco researcher tries to understand Paris's awesome bike transformation — and does.
March 25, 2022
Commentary: Tesla Autopilot Proves Plastic is Never Enough
It wasn't their intent, but Tesla motors clearly shows why concrete is needed to keep vulnerable road users safe
March 17, 2022
Commentary: No Gas-Tax Holiday for Oversize Trucks
Tell me again why we all need to pay for your giant, jacked up truck?
March 9, 2022
Manchin Machinations Seem Promising for Bullet Train
Funding to the tune of $66 billion was allotted for Amtrak and other forms of passenger rail in the national infrastructure bill signed last year. Will California's bullet train will get the cash it needs to move forward?
March 8, 2022
New Film Shows People Benefiting from Car-Free Great Walkway
Filmmakers push back against false narrative that open spaces are for "elites"
March 7, 2022
SPUR Talk: Time for a Parking Intervention?
There are about two parking spots for every resident of the Bay Area, or 2.4 for every car.
February 28, 2022
Reality Overtakes Hyperloop
News broke over the weekend that Virgin Hyperloop has let almost half of its staff go, making over a hundred employees redundant.
The company is ostensibly turning from passenger goals to freight. But what exactly is the market for 700 mph ground freight?
February 22, 2022
THE DREAM DIES? Oakland Ends Slow Streets
The city that pioneered Slow Streets at the start of the pandemic is now cancelling the program. We talk to an activist about future plans to preserve some streets and bring back a more robust version of the program in the future.
February 15, 2022