Roger Rudick
Recent Posts
Clear Victory for High-Speed Rail as State Budget is Approved
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Even opponents of the project have conceded
Commentary: Recent Tragedies Underscore How Dangerous Motorists Threaten Everyone
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The press acts as if trains and grade crossings are the problem.
Muni Measure’s Failure and the Future of San Francisco Transit
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The fact that the measure was not "shellacked" is a testament to how much the people of San Francisco care about public transit, depend on it, and want it to be better.
Commentary: Look to Amsterdam, not Antioch, for OakDOT’s New Director
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Only a morally confused person would suggest years of "equity" outreach is required over whether to install infrastructure that prevents people from getting killed or maimed
Hearing on 14th Street Safety Project Comes on Heels of Another Tragedy
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Oakland lawmakers unanimously approved a safe-street redesign for 14th Street in downtown Oakland, but the approval follows a completely avoidable tragedy.
Commentary: The Boudin Recall and the Failure to Prosecute Traffic Violence
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If voters really want cities to get tough on crime, let's start with traffic violence
Q&A with Ryan Russo, Outgoing Head of Oakland DOT
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Russo leaves OakDOT in two weeks
Motorists Kill Two Cyclists and a Pedestrian as Carnage Continues in Oakland, S.F.
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Officials in the Bay Area think by using inexpensive plastic and paint (and sometimes gently curving, concrete curbs) they're designing streets to keep everybody safe, motorists included. But what they're really doing is transferring the consequences of reckless driving from the perpetrators to everyone else. These past few weeks we've seen the tragic results.
Assembly Leadership Fight Has Implications for High-Speed Rail
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It's hard to imagine how Rivas would be worse than Rendon when it comes to California's rail-modernization plans
Reckless Motorists, Dangerous Streets: a Deadly Combination
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Dangerous motorist behaviors, such as speeding, crosswalk incursions, and going the wrong way on a one-way street, are tolerated by law enforcement and a judicial system that basically never suspends or revokes the license of even the most egregious offenders.
Safety vs. Parking on Grand Street in Alameda
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"A bike network is only as good as its weakest link, and this is the weakest link for trying to move north-south."
Commentary: The Media’s Continued, Cringe-Worthy Reporting on Traffic Violence
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Members of the press continue to frame these tragedies as if nobody is responsible.