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Roger Rudick

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Editorial: Arizona Uber Robo-Car Death Highlights Backwards Approach of Regulators

By Roger Rudick | Mar 20, 2018 | No Comments
If robot cars were about safety, the computers would be making sure humans drive right.
A Eurostar high-speed train in England. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

High-Speed Rail Connection to San Jose and SF at Risk

By Roger Rudick | Jan 24, 2018 | No Comments
California's State Rail Modernization Project Awaits Audit
Matthew Marshall Engle, a Ross motorist who was caught on video threatening to kill a cyclist and driving recklessly, is let off without any penalty by a Marin judge. Image: Jan Weissenberger

Marin Decision Highlights Urgent Need for State Legislation to Protect Vulnerable Road Users

By Roger Rudick | Jan 10, 2018 | No Comments
Motorist Matthew Marshall Engle Threatens to Shoot a Cyclist, Tries to Run him off the Road, and Drives Blindly Through a Crosswalk--but Reckless Driving Charges Dismissed
Ryan Russo, Dan Kalb, Renee Rivera and Ann Smulka cut the ribbon on Oakland's first concrete -protected bike lane. Photo Streetsblog/Rudick

SPUR Talk: Running a Big City DOT

By Roger Rudick | Nov 16, 2017 | No Comments
LADOT's Seleta Reynolds and Ryan Russo of Oakland DOT
The Yerba Buena Station Box of the Central Subway. A tour of the construction was part of the "Focus on the Future" conference. Photo: SFMTA

Transit, Vision Zero, Livable Streets, and other Highlights of the “Focus on the Future” Conference

By Roger Rudick | Nov 1, 2017 | No Comments
At the "Focus on the Future" conference in San Francisco, put on by the "Self-Help Coalition," a warning was sounded: the Bay Area, and other regions, better deal with housing costs and livability issues before it's too late.
https://sf.preprod-streetsblog.alley.ws/2017/10/25/picking-the-right-bike-parking/

Picking the Right Bike Parking

By Roger Rudick | Oct 27, 2017 | No Comments
Talk explains the ins and outs of short and long term bike parking
Scenes such as this may be commonplace in the Central Valley by 2029. Photo: Wikipedia Commons

Previewing California’s Nearly Completed State Rail Plan

By Roger Rudick | Sep 27, 2017 | No Comments
California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) is finishing up its California New State Rail Plan
Deeming, apparently, that San Mateo County isn't yet hostile enough to pedestrians, the County Supervisors want to ban texting while walking in a crosswalk. Photo taken in Millbrae by Streetsblog/Rudick

San Mateo Joins Legislative Charge into ‘Jaywalking 2.0’

By Roger Rudick | Sep 14, 2017 | No Comments
San Mateo's Board of Supervisors passed a resolution that could be the first step towards a statewide ban on texting while walking in a crosswalk
Congratulations! Students have used a model Hyperloop to beat the record set by this French locomotive in 1955. Wikimedia Commons

Hyperloop Breaks 1955 Rail Record

By Roger Rudick | Aug 30, 2017 | No Comments
Hyperloop remains much slower than those pesky "dinosaur" trains that use good-old fashioned tracks and wheels.
All photos Streetsblog/Rudick

Bay Area Victory: Caltrain Electrification Groundbreaking

By Roger Rudick | Jul 24, 2017 | No Comments
Brown, Pelosi, and other leaders celebrated electrification groundbreaking in Milbrae. Pelosi bemoaned the “fight that shouldn’t have been,” with the Trump Administration to get $647 million in federal matching funds approved before he took office. Fortunately, Elaine Chao, Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, finally signed the Federal Full Funding Grant Agreement.
Overhead electrification in Connecticut. Caltrain electrification will survive the Trump Administration after all. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Caltrain Electrification Approved

By Roger Rudick | May 23, 2017 | No Comments
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 begin construction of its electrification project almost immediately, bringing smoother rides and cleaner air to California.
Leah Shahum, Jeff Tumlin, David Ragland, Mollie Pelon, Jonathan Matus, and Joanna McFarland at SPUR. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

SPUR Talk: Big Data for Safer Streets

By Roger Rudick | Apr 5, 2017 | No Comments
Motorists and business owners claim that the controversial 14 Mission Rapid project, with its "red carpet" transit lanes, has made traffic worse and more dangerous. But what if the real-time data proves otherwise?
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