"No mom, we can't get in the car, we have to win the Golden Sneaker Contest!"
Car-riding protests are common this time of year, as students across Alameda County put their best foot forward...
Biking
03/17/2015
Over the last four months, I have been living the aspiring planner’s dream.
As the research assistant for the Safe Routes to Transit (SR2T) Program, I have visited thirteen different project sites...
02/13/2015
Whether you celebrate February 14 with a heart-shaped box of chocolates, or protest the day as a Hallmark creation, there’s no denying that Valentine’s Day is all around us. So in the spirit of the...
02/03/2015
Since the historic Measure BB passed in November, we’ve heard questions from lots of people who live, walk, bike, and ride transit in the Bay Area:
“When do the free transit passes for youth start...
01/05/2015
By today’s standards, it is normal for most people to drive for every little errand: getting to work, dropping the kids off at soccer, or meeting a friend for coffee. Our cities and towns have been...
11/25/2014
Crossing the street shouldn’t feel like you’re playing a real-life game of Frogger. As it exists today, El Camino Real through Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, and Santa Clara is...
11/17/2014
As we’ve noted before, most people agree that El Camino Real has room for improvement, to put it mildly. Speeding cars, unsafe pedestrian crossings, lack of accommodation of cyclists, buses...
11/10/2014
For too many years, Silicon Valley has focused on planning for automobiles, forcing most of us to depend on driving with few alternatives to sitting in traffic - and leaving everyone else in the dust...
10/31/2014
I love Hallowe’en. Ghosts, Jack-o-Lanterns, candy corn, and pint-sized superheroes knocking on my door – is there any holiday more delightful, and frightful?
But this year, I’m haunted by a...
09/29/2014
Big things happened in the world of transportation policy this year in California. Caltrans got a new mission and vision, the new State Transportation Agency kicked off a robust transportation...
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