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Mayors’ challenge: Help us meet critical transportation needs

28 Jan 2015 | Posted by David Goldberg | 2 Comments | Anthony Foxx, mayor, Mayor Lee, Mayor Murray, mayors, san francisco, Seattle, u.s. conference of mayors, usdot, washington post

Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx issued a public challenge to mayors to “take significant action to improve safety for bicycle riders and pedestrians of all ages and abilities over the next year.” Mayors, in return, have a challenge of their own to the federal government: Don’t leave us in the lurch when it comes to the funding for those – and many other – transportation needs.

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Bay Area bridge shutdown puts transportation network in the spotlight

30 Oct 2009 | Posted by Transportation for America | 1 Comment | california, driving, san francisco, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, transit

Even in the San Francisco Bay Area, a renowned transit hub with higher than average rates of walking, biking and transit ridership, more than 280,000 vehicles cross the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge every day. It’s a critical artery connecting downtown San Francisco with the thousands of residents who live in Oakland and the surrounding suburbs. […]

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Bay Area business leaders push the Senate for clean transportation

22 Oct 2009 | Posted by Steve Davis | 1 Comment | bay area, boxer, business, california, featured, san francisco

A top-flight organization (and T4 America partner) representing more than 300 elite Silicon Valley businesses from Apple to Yahoo! sent a letter last week to Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, urging her to make sure the Senate climate bill adequately invests in clean transportation alternatives to reduce emissions in their region while keeping it mobile and competitive.