Webinar Tomorrow: How to Improve Transit in California
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Tell Caltrans what it needs to know about public transit at a webinar tomorrow, and via a survey until Friday.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Planning
Caltrans District 4 Bicycle Plan: Meeting Tonight, Survey Ending
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Caltrans District 4, which covers the nine counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, invites interested parties to attend a presentation on its progress towards creating a districtwide Bicycle Plan. The meeting, the third in a series, will take place tonight in San Jose, and can also be watched online.
A Multimodal Field Trip in Honor of CA’s New Bike and Pedestrian Plan
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Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty was joined by Caltrans staff to mark the release of Caltrans' new statewide bike and pedestrian plan with a multimodal field trip: a train ride from Sacramento to Emeryville, and from there a bike ride on the Alex Zuckerman Bicycle/Pedestrian Path along the Oakland Bay Bridge to the new Vista Point on Yerba Buena Island.
Metro Board Votes to Kill 710 North Freeway Tunnel
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This morning the Metro board of directors voted to approve a motion that effectively kills the $6 billion 710 North freeway tunnel project and redirects its funds to soundwalls, resurfacing, transit, signals, and bicycle and pedestrian improvements.
SPUR Talk: Reconnecting Oakland to its Waterfront
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I-880 cut off downtown from Jack London Square. This project hopes to repair the damage.
Trump’s Budget Is a Disaster for Transit, and His Infrastructure Plan Is a Gift to Wall Street
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The Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget, released yesterday, includes severe cuts to federal transit funding. Next stop: Congress, which will consider the president's proposal before it passes a budget over the summer.