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STIR Challenges 40 New Startups To Collaborate With Governments

Smart Cities Dive

Startup in Residence announces 2019 partnerships

Mercury News

Heed truck warnings to stay 200 feet away: Roadshow

Sacramento Bee

Gavin Newsom deploys strike team to fix ‘chronically mismanaged’ California DMV

Engineering News-Record

Shop Drawing Note May Be a Factor At Problem Transit Hub

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Daily Commuter Ferry Service From Richmond to SF Begins

East Bay Times

Fremont seeking residents’ ideas for planned Centerville park

East Bay Times

Council rebuffs request for temporary rent freeze

Mercury News

This big San Jose mall has been bought

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Affordable housing nonprofit buys Rincon Valley apartment complex

Fairfield Daily Republic

Neighbors again voice opposition to Tiny Shelter project in Vacaville

San Francisco Examiner

City scrambling to meet ‘ambitious’ goal, find sites for new shelter beds

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Palo Alto Residents Evicted to Make Room for New Hotel

Marin Independent Journal

Marin water supply impacts eyed as PG&E seeks hydropower plant sale

Los Angeles Times

A weekend escape to Alameda, a Bay Area town with family-friendly appeal

Livermore Independent News

East Bay Community Energy: Scott Haggerty's Instrumental Role

Washington Post

Infrastructure projects grind to a halt during shutdown

Mercury News

Will these toll cheaters ever be busted? Roadshow

San Francisco Examiner

Opinion: Why electric cars make sense for Uber, Lyft drivers in San Francisco

Curbed

The inequity of pay-by-distance transit in the Bay Area

Streetsblog USA

Opinion: Uber and Lyft Don’t Reduce Cars. Transit Does.

Government Technology

AAA Acquires Nation's Largest Autonomous Vehicle Test Site

United Press International

After taking on taxis, ride-share services now challenging public transit in U.S.

San Francisco Chronicle

SF opens its newest Navigation Center — nearby homeless want in

San Francisco Chronicle

Senior cohousing an ‘antidote to the loneliness’ that hits people as they age

Mercury News

San Jose: Newly elected City Council clears hurdle for homeless housing project

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Santa Rosa City Council endorses extra density for new housing projects near transit

Napa Valley Register

Napa's new Board of Supervisors chairman talks housing, ag preservation

Curbed

Mayor Breed pitches $300 million housing bond

KQED

As Homelessness Soars in Salinas, School Districts Scramble to Help Vulnerable

East Bay Times

Opinion: Make livable climate a New Year’s resolution

Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano supervisors want mayors panel to correct MTC nomination

San Francisco Chronicle

Google transformed Mountain View, is San Jose next?

East Bay Times

Gondola to the Greek? A-BART-ments? Drag show prop? BART wants your ideas for creative reuse of train cars

Mercury News

Mayor Liccardo’s bicycling crash pains other bicyclist: Roadshow

Associated Press

AP: Gasoline shortage in six Mexican states causes chaos

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael schools to get electric car charging stations

Los Angeles Times

The self-driving car industry just acknowledged it has an image problem

KQED

'Transit Center, Interrupted': It's Still Unclear When S.F. Facility Will Reopen

The Architect's Newspaper

Repair plan for shuttered Transbay Transit Center is in the works

SF Bay

Howard Street bike lanes receive safety upgrade

Wired

A Third of Americans Use Ride-Hail. Uber and Lyft Need More

San Francisco Chronicle

SF Mayor London Breed wants new $300 million bond for affordable housing

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Short on downtown housing, Santa Rosa looks to new blueprint

Berkeleyside

Despite relaxed laws, building an accessory dwelling unit in Berkeley can still prove challenging

Curbed

Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for ‘Marshall plan for affordable housing’

Curbed

BART considers turning old train cars into housing

Forbes

Can Housing Make Small Sexy?

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area storm could bring heavy winds, thunder, rock slides and big waves

Fairfield Daily Republic

Aguiar-Curry remains chairwoman of Assembly’s Local Government Committee

Los Angeles Times

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions spiked in 2018 — and it couldn’t happen at a worse time

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area’s low-income transit riders, after long wait, to receive discounts

Mercury News

Motorcyclists can be fined for noise, and other little-known new laws

Mercury News

DUI convictions now require ignition interlocking devices

Fairfield Daily Republic

Commuter pilot program part of STA meeting Wednesday

Berkeleyside

Forum on new Gilman roundabouts in Berkeley set for Jan. 15

San Francisco Examiner

Steel plates to reinforce cracked beams under Transit Center repair plan

San Francisco Examiner

Soon-to-be-retired BART cars could become Airbnb hotels, homeless shelters or housing

City Lab

In a Reversal, 'Car-Rich' Households Are Growing

Streetsblog California

At Last, New Rules Are Final: Car Delay Is (Sometimes) NOT an Environmental Impact

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