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TransForm works to create world-class public transportation and walkable communities in the Bay Area and beyond.
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TransForm Bus Rapid Transit public meeting in Berkeley 11/19. Support BRT? Join us. Want to read that NIMBYs killed it? Stay home.

Get Involved in Berkeley | TransForm (formerly TALC, the Transportation and Land Use Coalition)
Source: transformca.org
If you would like to join TransForm at either the Nov. 19th or Dec. 9th Berkeley BRT community meeting, or you would like to stay up-to-date via email, please provide us with your information using the form below.
November 4 at 4:33pm
Joan
Joan
Would love to. However, on 11/19 I'll be at UCLA demonstrating against the UC regents.
November 4 at 10:29pm
Jay Miller

Jay Miller You don't really know your city until you take mass transit!

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TransForm Will we see the loss of LOS? Imagine a city's bike and pedestrian plan having real weight in CEQA analysis.

Streetsblog San Francisco » CA Poised to Reform Auto-Centric Level of Service Environmental Rules
Source: sf.streetsblog.org
California administrative rulemakers recently moved a step closer to reforming the section of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) that has compelled cities to focus undue attention on the age-old ...
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TransForm One TransLink to rule them all? Bay Area MTC executive director sees joining of regional transit operations as a must. "It's going to have to be implemented," he said, "through leverage, persuasion and threatening the withholding of funds."

Bay Area transit consolidation back on table
Source: www.sfgate.com
For years, observers of the Bay Area's 28 transit agencies - including the riders - have contemplated the obvious: Why not consolidate some or all of the operations?
October 26 at 10:12am
Andy Chow
Andy Chow
I think it is an excuse for not focusing on getting more funding and controlling cost increases especially on health care. We don't have a lot of municipal agencies here, and merging big agencies like Muni and AC doesn't make sense and won't save anybody money.
October 26 at 10:22am
Joan
Joan
Great idea. I'm not convinced that MTC's (even recent) policies reflect this thinking . . .
November 3 at 2:03am
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For Some, the Car Is No Longer a Must-Have - NYTimes.com
Source: www.nytimes.com
American car buying has been guided by one grand philosophy: Which one do I want? But now, another question has begun to percolate: Do I need a car at all?
October 22 at 12:56pm
Marilyn
Marilyn
Sold my car in 2002 once I knew I could use public transit to the most important place: work. I live centrally in the urban area and can walk to most shopping needs: food and entertainment. It's liberating, but a little less spontaneity in going out of town. But I can usually borrow a car if I needed to; I don't.
October 22 at 3:07pm
Joan
Joan
I agree with friend Marilyn. I don't remember when I sold my car, but I'm glad not to have one. When I absolutely need a car of my own, City CarShare works just fine.
November 3 at 2:07am
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TransForm San Leandro will hold three community meetings to discss Bus Rapid Transit. Oct 22, 27 and Nov. 7. Visit TransFormCA.org to learn more: http://transformca.org/brt/san-leandro

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TransForm No need to reinvent the wheel for safer bike and ped travel. NYC is leading the way and continues to outshine the Bay Area with more and more livable streets.

Streetsblog San Francisco » Streetfilms: NYC Bike Lanes 101
Source: sf.streetsblog.org
In some cities people are so desperate for bike lanes they'll mark their own. Elizabeth Press of Streetfilms in New York City, on the other hand, had this to say about the work the NYC Department of Transportation ...
October 20 at 11:21am
Chris Morfas
Chris Morfas
It's a well-made video. I love the idea of reducing the amount of public space devoted to autos. I'm still not sure about the new bike lane designs. Probably worth trying here...
October 21 at 2:03pm
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TransForm It was hard to find a useful recap of the Oakland Airport Connector vote at the Oakland City Council. Finally came across the Oakland North publication by U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.

After long, long night, city council supports BART airport connector – Oakland North -- North Oaklan
Source: oaklandnorth.net
Barry Luboviski of the Building & Construction Trades Council speaks in favor of the Oakland Aiport Connector during Tuesday's Council Meeting.
October 16 at 10:51am
Melanie
Melanie
Gawd, this project is such an obvious stinker.
October 16 at 3:51pm
Shannon Tracey

Shannon Tracey Great little film I just saw - toward the end, Linda Chapin of Orlando sums up our transportation problems with incredible eloquence and clarity.

Division Street
Source: www.divisionstreetmovie.com
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TransForm Parking pricing plays a role (like it or not) in the urban landscape.

Streetsblog San Francisco » Donald Shoup Calls San Francisco Parking Meter Study “Pathbreaking”
Source: sf.streetsblog.org
With the debate about parking meter rates and hours raging on both sides of the Bay, Streetsblog called UCLA Professor Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking and arguably the world's foremost ...
October 15 at 2:51pm
Chris Morfas
Chris Morfas
With the signature of SB 728 (Lowenthal) cities, counties and air districts now have the authority to enforce the state's (limited) parking cashout law. Worth the trouble?
October 15 at 4:00pm
Chris Morfas
Chris Morfas
Didn't mean to hijack the thread. The news from SF is very encouraging.
October 15 at 4:01pm
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TransForm Association of Bay Area Governments says region will grow by 1.7 million over next 25 years.

Planners say San Jose will add 412,200 residents by 2035 - San Jose Mercury News
Source: www.mercurynews.com
Planners say San Jose will add 412,200 residents by 2035
October 14 at 10:57am
Karen Smulevitz
Karen Smulevitz
The choice is smart growth or catastrophic growth. Sprawl is suicide, the alternative is high density. I feel no construction whatsoever should be allowed until everyone agrees on the availability and reliability of water sources and the effects of water allotment on the environment.
October 14 at 12:25pm
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TransForm El Cerrito's own (and TransForm Senior Planner) Ann Cheng to present at 2009 Rail Volution.

Rail Volution - Building Livable Communities with Transit
Source: www.railvolution.com
Many notable local transportation experts will be participating in the Rail~Volution mobile workshops, including former Governor Michael Dukakis, architect of the "Big Dig" Fredrick P. Salvucci, and many local mayors. ...
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Streetsblog San Francisco » David Byrne Turns His Book Reading Into Bicycle Advocacy Primer
Source: sf.streetsblog.org
Former Talking Heads frontman and current bicycling icon David Byrne used his celebrity and the publication of his new book, Bicycle Diaries, to instruct a capacity audience of more than 900 people at ...
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State reveals detailed high-speed train plans from San Francisco to San Jose - San Jose Mercury News
Source: www.mercurynews.com
State reveals detailed high-speed train plans from San Francisco to San Jose
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TransForm Stuart Cohen, executive director of the statewide group TransForm, said some of the Bay Area's most congested carpool lanes – in southern Marin County, Palo Alto and Berkeley, for instance – are also places where residents need little extra incentive to invest in a green car.

Battle brews in California over expanding carpool-lane access - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking
Source: www.sacbee.com
Read Sacramento news, including local and breaking Sacramento news at The Sacramento Bee
October 14 at 10:43am
Mikesonn
Mikesonn
Extra incentive? I guess I am a bit confused. Yes, better mileage will be one way we need to go forward, but lowering the operating cost of a car will only lead to a stagnation of vehicle miles (or increase). So in that sense, green cars could actually end up doing more damage because we will continue to invest in highways as opposed to moving toward TOD and walkable communities. Also, those communities are some of the best off in the region - I doubt they really NEED extra incentive.
October 14 at 10:49am
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TransForm
Mikesonn - Take a quick read of the Sac Bee article to clarify the context. - SG
October 15 at 2:49pm
Mikesonn
Mikesonn
My apologies. I read it as they need a little incentive, not that they need little incentive. Big difference from one letter. Thank you for setting me straight.
October 15 at 3:32pm