transportation
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jan 5 2012 - 2:55pm
Budget cuts to municipal transportation agencies, trusting children to take their education seriously, the Occupy movement and protest songs, and local musicians Clangin' and Bangin'.
By Julie Caine on Dec 5 2011 - 6:52pm
While BART managers are trying to bring the Bay Area’s rail system into the future, state officials are trying to bring a new train system into existence. High-speed rail is supposed to whisk passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just two and a half hours. It’s a controversial project,...
By Holly Kernan on Nov 29 2011 - 5:09pm
California is home to more than 55,000 foster kids - the largest population in the country. And, the one place in the state where most of those kids come together is in public school. Jetaine Hart, a former foster youth and current educational mentor in Alameda County, argues that’s where we should...
By Lindsey Lee Keel on Nov 17 2011 - 5:19pm
Tired of potholes? The residents who live along Lichau sure are. Road Warrior, a Sonoma County transportation blog, holds a poll each year for the worst of the roads. This year’s winner? Yep, Lichau. We sent KALW’s Lindsey Lee Keel for a drive.
* * *
LINDSEY...
By Sara Bernard on Nov 17 2011 - 8:59am
Police in riot gear dismantled the Occupy Cal tents on the UC Berkeley campus early this morning. Two protesters were arrested, but it was otherwise calm and orderly....
When Occupy Oakland campers were evicted, again, on Sunday night, mayor Jean Quan was torn over her decision to clear the...
By Jen Chien on Nov 15 2011 - 10:47am
After record low turn-out for a competitive mayor’s race in San Francisco, some critics are calling for the end of ranked-choice voting, labeling it a “failed experiment." They claim the system only exacerbates the problems it was meant to fix, including campaign finance issues, negative...
By Judy Silber on Nov 7 2011 - 8:51am
Chinese-Americans in San Francisco are throwing their collective weight into Tuesday's election. The Chinatown community has turned in 80 percent of mail-in ballots, 32 percentage points above the city-wide average return...
It looks like San Francisco could be on its way to electing a...
By Julie Caine on Nov 2 2011 - 11:07am
The California High Speed Rail Authority released a new business plan yesterday outlining a multi-phase strategy for bringing bullet trains to the state. The total pricetag? $98.5 billion. That’s almost three times the original estimate made in 2008 when voters approved a $9 billion bond...
By Molly Samuel on Oct 26 2011 - 5:32pm
Take a quick look around while on Muni, BART, or AC Transit, and you’ll notice that a lot of the people who depend on public transit are seniors. But not all seniors are that comfortable navigating the system. So at ages 70, 80, and 90, as Molly Samuel reports, some seniors are going back to school...
By Erica Mu on Oct 26 2011 - 5:27pm
In many ways, BART is the backbone of the Bay Area’s transit system. But in recent months the transit agency has dealt with a number of challenges, especially following the highly-publicized departure of former general manager Dorothy Duggar. BART’s new general manager, Grace Crunican has been on...
Misisipi Mike
facebook
twitter