Environmental justice in transportation
Every three years, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) issues a long-term Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for the Bay Area. But is the RTP fair to all of our lower-income and minority communities?

Where will the ferries go?
Bay Area seems committed to ferry expansion, but choice of terminal locations raises major concerns.

The many falls of the Foothill Freeway
Sherman Lewis tells the history of the Foothill Freeway.

Will new federal transportation bill support transit and walking?
Congress is under pressure to come to agreement quickly. The Sierra Club says it's more important to do it right than quickly.

Build it - and what if they don't come?
What happens when transit planners assume transit-oriented development - instead of making sure it happens?

The saga of San Francisco's "Transit First" policy
How a great city adopted a forward-looking policy, but then could never get quite straight what it meant, and forgot about it at key moments, and how the Sierra Club continues to urge the city to get it right.

Clearing the way for building a new Transbay Transit Terminal
For over a decade dedicated activists have been working to get the Transbay Transit Terminal in downtown San Francisco rebuilt as the largest transportation hub west of New York.

Congestion pricing: how to pay for your bridge while you reduce traffic too
We now know that costs of the new east span of the Bay Bridge will greatly exceed the amount budgeted for it.

San Francisco - better living through less parking
"Parking spaces are like fertility drugs for cars."

Can it be real transportation if you're having a good time?
Federal bicycle funding forces unfair dichotomy

The Iron Horse Trail - the pleasant way to go places in Contra Costa
Contra Costa's 25-mile-long pedestrian and bicycle trail, where recreation and transportation really do overlap.

Bicycling without effort - the electric bike
The power-assisted bicycle is a new and very compelling solution to the problem of local transportation.

Car-sharing - convenience getting around with less driving
Car-sharing is a concept that allows one to use a car when one chooses, without all the costs of ownership

 

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