So Much for the Environmental Benefits of Urban Density
"People in the densely populated cores of big cities are responsible for less greenhouse gas emissions, but the more carbon-intensive lifestyle of their far-flung suburbs cancels out any of the...
View ArticleHow to ‘Not Be a Gentrifier’—Oakland Edition
Like most of the San Francisco and Silicon Valley Bay Area, Oakland is amidst a large-scale demographic shift.Publication Date: Thu, 01/30/2014
View ArticleSPUR: The Bay Area Has A Sprawl Problem
An article by Nancy Scola provides analysis of the claims a new report by SPUR called “SPUR’s Agenda for Change.” The idea at the center of the report: that the Bay Area’s sprawling single-use...
View ArticleFirst Bay Area Express Lanes Approved For New Bay Area Agency
The $5.08 million contract with Parsons Brinckerhoffwas approved by the MTC at its March 14 meeting.Publication Date: Sat, 03/15/2014
View ArticleCrude-by-Rail Volume to California Spiked Almost 800% Last Year
Thanks to rail, crude from North Dakota's Bakken field, estimated at one million barrels daily, now makes it to both coasts.Publication Date: Mon, 03/17/2014
View ArticleWhat Does Lynch’s 5 Elements Reveal About Oakland, CA?
How does the reality of a city measure up to the perceptions? That is what planner Clement Lau sought to find out when he recently visited Oakland with his family.Publication Date: Thu, 04/03/2014
View ArticleBill Would Except Marin County from California Affordable Housing Mandate
"With a 62-4 bipartisan vote, the Assembly approved (on May 26) AB 1537, a bill that would make parts of Marin the only jurisdiction in the state exempt [sic] from a state law designePublication Date:...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Settle Lawsuit on Plan Bay Area
"The Sierra Club, Communities for a Better Environment, and Earthjustice argued in their lawsuit that Plan Bay AreaPublication Date: Fri, 06/20/2014
View ArticleOp-Ed: Oakland Needs Better Housing Policy to Lead Relief of the Bay Area's...
Selna's premise: that "Oakland offers the best opportunity in the Bay Area for building much needed housing and for building it right - so that it is affordable to middle- and low-income...
View ArticleDensity is Key to Fighting Climate Change, Rules Bay Area Judge
The lawsuit was one of four challenging Plan Bay Area, the regional plan approved by the Publication Date: Thu, 07/03/2014
View ArticleRichmond, California Moves Ahead with $1 Billion Refinery Expansion Project
"Chevron Corp.'s long-delayed, $1 billion effort to upgrade its Richmond refinery won the blessings of the city's Planning Commission late Thursday, moving the controversial project closer to...
View ArticleSan Francisco Workers: Got Commuter Benefits?
Close to one out of three workers in San Francisco works for a company that is enrolled in a transit commuter benefit program, most commonly the deducPublication Date: Thu, 08/07/2014
View ArticleWhen it Comes to Seismic Safety, It's Each City for Itself
The August 24, 6.0 earthquake centered in Napa, Calif.Publication Date: Tue, 08/26/2014
View ArticleLate-Night Buses to Run When BART Service Stops
"BART expects to begin a late-night weekend bus service as early as December to carry riders from jobs, night clubs and social visits after the trains stop running at midnight," reports Denis Cuff.More...
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Do Drivers Know to Give Cyclists a Three-Foot Buffer when Passing?
"It's been less than two weeks since California motorists were ordered to give bicyclist more room on the road and in that time frame, at least one Bay Area cyclist has died after colliding with a...
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Campaign 2014 Results: Bay Area Transportation, Land Use, and Soda Tax Measures
"The Bay Area’s two transportation tax measures were on track to capture the two-thirds majority needed for approval," writes Michael Cabanatuan, transportation reporter for the San Francisco...
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East Bay BRT Project Receives $81 Million in Federal Grants
The federal funds will help build the "9.5-mile line, primarily on International Boulevard, connecting downtown Oakland and the San Leandro BART station," writes Wendy Lee of the San Francisco...
View ArticleA Housing Affordability Report Card for the Bay Area
"Housing affordability is the No. 1 problem in San Francisco and, increasingly, in the other cities of the region.Publication Date: Tue, 12/16/2014
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Op-Ed: Time for the Bay Area to Embrace Regional Planning
According to an editorial by the editors of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Other areas — notably the vast region surrounding New York that includes New Jersey and Pennsylvania — are moving in the same...
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Local Revenue Funding More Bay Area Road Maintenance
In the absence of a state gasoline excise tax that has not effectively been raised since 1994 (notwithstanding a complex 2010 gas tax swap), many California cities and counties have had to...
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