SamTrans Pushes Both Transit and Traffic Expansions for Dumbarton Bridge
Bicyclists approach the Dumbarton Bridge from the west. Photo: Jun Seita / Flickr SamTrans officials presented an update on the agency’s Dumbarton Transportation Corridor Study at two community...
View ArticleSanta Clara Proposes New San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail Detours
Santa Clara closed a 1.2-mile segment of the San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail to the public during events at Levi’s Stadium, forcing people walking and bicycling on a two-mile detour. Photo: Andrew Boone...
View ArticleSan Mateo County Drafts Business As Usual Transportation Plan
C/CAG wants widening “improvements,” such as this one proposed for Woodside Road near downtown Redwood City, eligible for funding through Plan Bay Area 2040. Image: Caltrans Note the ‘call to action’...
View ArticlePalo Alto to Add Smart Bikes to Bike Share System
Palo Alto plans to replace these Bay Area Bike Share bikes with 350 new SoBi “smart bikes” in June 2017. Photo: Andrew Boone On Tuesday evening, the Palo Alto City Council directed staff to continue...
View ArticleVTA Measure B’s Bloated Highway Expansions Leave Transit Unfunded
Decades of failed highway expansions haven’t discouraged VTA from seeking more. The agency would allocate $1.85 billion to highway projects if Measure B passes. Photo: Andrew Boone The Valley...
View ArticleSan Mateo County Bike-Ped Advisory Boards Seek Applicants
Bike parking and on-board storage are issues discussed by Caltrain’s Bicycle Advisory Committee. Photo: Andrew Boone Deadlines are near for several Board and Committee positions in San Mateo County....
View ArticleSan Jose Makes Saint James Street More Dangerous
Construction on San Jose’s huge North San Pedro plan is well underway. It removes a one-way, four-lane S-curve segment of Julian Street just east of Highway 87 and restores several blocks of the city’s...
View ArticleProposal to Remove Free Parking Riles Santa Cruz Avenue Residents
Going by the results of a public meeting at Oak Knoll Elementary School in Menlo Park last Monday, San Mateo County traffic engineers have no options left to correct a dangerous five-lane stretch of...
View ArticleSan Mateo Rallies to Rescue Caltrain Electrification
Caltrain has bought itself some time — at the price of up to $20 million. The agency announced on Monday that it had negotiated a three-month extension with the contractors responsible for the rail...
View ArticleFate of Caltrain Electrification Hangs on Trump’s Budget
Caltrain’s electrification project is coming down to the metaphorical wire. Details of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget will be released next month, determining the fate of a $647 million grant...
View ArticleCupertino to Hold “Bike Boulevard” Workshops
The City of Cupertino is best known as the corporate headquarters of a boutique hardware developer called Apple. But if the city moves forward with a plan to add seven “bicycle boulevards” to its bike...
View ArticleNext Week Is Bike to Work and Bike to School Day in San Mateo, Santa Clara...
Monday starts Bike Week in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. And Thursday, May 11, the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) brags that “tens of thousands of regular and first-time Bay Area...
View ArticleCity of San Mateo to Host Public Meetings on Controversial 101 Interchange...
The City of San Mateo will host a pair of community meetings next week in San Mateo and Burlingame over the proposed 101/Peninsula Avenue Interchange project. The project is a familiar type: it would...
View ArticleWant to See a Safer El Camino Real? Redwood City Survey Closes Tonight
As part of its ongoing efforts to create a safer El Camino Real, Redwood City is seeking input from the public through an online survey that closes tonight. The information gathered from the survey...
View ArticleCaltrain Electrification Approved
After months of back and forth, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that it is approving $647 million in funds for Caltrain electrification. The grant approval will allow Caltrain to...
View ArticleCaltrans Comes up with Safety Fix for Dangerous Interchange: Ban Bikes
There’s no denying that the State Route 35 freeway interchange with State Route 1 is not the most comfortable place to ride a bike. Two lanes in both directions, barely a shoulder in places, and...
View ArticleTen Lane Widening Planned for Highway 101 in San Mateo County
Still seeking to widen Highway 101 from eight to ten lanes, Caltrans and San Mateo County’s transportation agencies are now halfway through the required environmental review. At a community meeting on...
View ArticleSan Mateo Bike Share Update: City Readies to Double Fleet to 100 Bikes
The City of San Mateo will double its Bay Bikes bike share fleet to 100 bikes by October. It remains the only Bay Area city to implement its own bike share program separate from the 7,000-bike Ford...
View ArticleSamTrans Targets Next Generation of Bus Riders With Youth Mobility Plan
At last Wednesday’s San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) Board of Directors meeting planners presented the agency’s draft Youth Mobility Plan [PDF], “a strategic blueprint for how SamTrans can...
View ArticleBike Lane Gap in Menlo Park Bay Trail Route
On Tuesday evening the Menlo Park City Council approved the construction of a new streetscape for Haven Avenue that will bring wide sidewalks to the block nearest Marsh Road where there are none today...
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