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Amsterdam’s Jan Pieter Heijestraat. Image: Modacity

Book Review: Learning from the Fietser Kings

By Roger Rudick | Oct 18, 2018 | No Comments

New book explains how the Netherlands set the benchmark for all others when it comes to safe streets and people-first city planning

Boris Lipkin in front of a French high-speed train

California High Speed Rail’s Plan for the Future

By Roger Rudick | Oct 9, 2018 | No Comments

A Q&A with Boris Lipkin, Northern California Regional Director for the California High-Speed Rail Authority

A repeal of S.B. 1 will stop road repairs and transit funding throughout the state. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

SF SPUR Talk: Prop. 6 Would Make State Fall Apart

By Roger Rudick | Oct 4, 2018 | No Comments

Is California poised to bankrupt its transportation system?

Scenes such as this may be commonplace in the Central Valley by 2029. Photo: Wikipedia Commons

High-Speed Rail Conference Kicks off in San Jose

By Roger Rudick | Sep 11, 2018 | No Comments

“You hear that there are no silver bullets, but this really is a silver bullet” High-speed rail powered from electricity will help wean people from carbon-emitting transportation.

California High Speed Rail San Joaquin River Viaduct under construction in Fresno in 2018. Photo via CAHSRA

Trying to Find the Truth in the Latest LA Times, NY Times CA High-Speed Rail Pieces

By Roger Rudick and Joe Linton | Aug 1, 2018 | No Comments

NYT gives a balanced recap of a troubled project overcoming obstacles. L.A. Times continues its disgraceful tradition of misleading hit-pieces.

A map of pedestrian injuries between 2005 and 2010 using data from the Department of Public Health

SPUR Talk: The Importance of Good Data in Achieving Vision Zero

By Roger Rudick | May 24, 2018 | No Comments

Before cities can make streets safer, they need good data on collisions–and that data has to be collected well, processed well, and easily accessible to transportation planners

Metro is using the wrong estimates to refuse to evalutate HRT on the West Santa Ana Branch. An L.A. subway train on the trail tracks along the river, under the now-removed 6th Street bridge. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Metro’s Excessive West Santa Ana Branch Cost Estimates Are for Wrong Type of Project

By Roger Rudick and Joe Linton | May 16, 2018 | 17 Comments

Metro's bogus numbers dismiss surface heavy rail by citing inflated 20-mile tunnel costs

Possible West Santa Ana Branch Win-Win: Heavy Rail Connection to Union Station

By Joe Linton and Roger Rudick | May 3, 2018 | 49 Comments

Running heavy rail on the West Santa Ana Branch could be cheaper, faster, higher-capacity - and a win-win for communities the line will serve.

SB 827 could pave the way for more dense housing near transit. Image: Pixabay.

Amendments to SB 827 Help Push Transit Housing Bill Forward

By Roger Rudick | Apr 11, 2018 | No Comments

Senator Scott Wiener's S.B. 827 amendments include redefining transit stops and reducing minimum height limits

A photoshopped rendering of an electric Caltrain. Image: Bay Rail Alliance

Beyond Commuter Rail

By Roger Rudick | Apr 5, 2018 | No Comments

Alon Levy, analyst of transit systems around the world, explores what makes Commuter Rail work

A Eurostar high-speed train in England. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Majority of Californians Still Support HSR

By Roger Rudick | Mar 27, 2018 | No Comments

The majority of Californians still support the state's high-speed rail project, according to a new poll.

California's HSR project, under construction, outside of Fresno. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Notes on New CA High-Speed Rail Business Plan

By Roger Rudick | Mar 23, 2018 | No Comments

Costs for the country's only high-speed rail project is going up - CAHSRA's draft 2018 Business Plan is $77.3 billion, up from $64 billion in 2016

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