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USGS

The Hayward Fault—Is It Due for a Repeat of the Powerful 1868 Earthquake?

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco area has the worst roads in the nation, per new report

Sacramento Bee

Sacramento’s roadways are in bad shape and getting worse, study says

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Bay Area Roads Are Some of Worst in the Country: Report

San Francisco Chronicle

City will cut lanes, beef up pedestrian safety on Sixth and Taylor streets

San Francisco Chronicle

Judge tosses lawsuit aimed at slowing Geary Blvd. bus rapid transit system

East Bay Times

Two decades in the making, James Donlon extension moves into final design phase

Mercury News

DMV waits get shorter but people are still seething: Roadshow

Mercury News

What’s happening with electric scooters around the country?

Marin Independent Journal

Marin Transit rolls out first all-electric buses

Berkeleyside

As Berkeley calls next meeting on traffic circles, community role still uncertain

San Francisco Examiner

SF to ban most of taxi fleet from SFO to help struggling cabbies

Curbed

City blames half of new congestion on Lyft, Uber

NBC - Bay Area

Video: Google Maps Adds Electric Vehicle Charging Station Locations

Mother Jones

The Republican Effort to Repeal California’s Gas Tax May Be Running on Fumes

KQED

State Transportation Agency Worked Closely With Gas Tax Backers on Political Issues

San Francisco Chronicle

SF’s India Basin to be transformed into new neighborhood as supes give OK

San Francisco Examiner

Supes reject environmental appeals, approve India Basin housing development

San Francisco Chronicle

Labor shortage could cripple Bay Area rebuilding after next big quake

San Francisco Chronicle

Is rent control the answer to sky-high prices? Bay Area voters skeptical

East Bay Times

Santa Clara County to start tackling Stanford’s ambitious expansion plans

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Santa Rosa supports purchase of upscale apartment complex for middle-income housing

Fairfield Daily Republic

Bay Area affordable housing veteran to lead Vallejo Housing Authority

Fairfield Daily Republic

Vacaville to unveil new mixed-use development

Napa Valley Register

Napa County moving closer to reviving Lake Berryessa resorts

Curbed

Home prices have finally hit a wall on the West Coast

Los Angeles Times

Proposition 13 has strictly limited property tax increases since 1978. Voters could get a chance to change that

Fairfield Daily Republic

Report predicts big quake would destroy nearly 69,000 Bay Area homes

Business Insider

New Online Tool Helps Residents Assess Earthquake Risk

San Francisco Chronicle

Uber, Lyft cars clog SF streets, study says

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Briefing: How SF innovation breeds transit inconveniences

San Francisco Examiner

Study: Half of SF’s increase in traffic congestion due to Uber, Lyft

KQED

City Analysis: Uber, Lyft Are Biggest Contributors to Slowdown in S.F. Traffic

Wired

Uber and Lyft Made Traffic Worse in San Francisco. But It’s Complicated

San Francisco Chronicle

Scooters are back in SF, and already people are behaving badly

KPIX

Video: Electric Scooters Make Return To San Francisco Streets Under Pilot Program

San Francisco Chronicle

Fremont Street reopens in SF, Transbay Transit Center remains closed

San Francisco Chronicle

SamTrans prepares to roll out 10 electric buses

San Francisco Chronicle

Lane squeeze proposed for SF’s Sixth Street, where a pedestrian is hit every 16 days

Mercury News

Flashing yellow arrows confuse drivers: Roadshow

Hoodline

With city approval, JUMP expands e-bike pilot program

Time Out

Driverless cars could become a reality in San Francisco by 2023

Forbes

Kids' Ride Service Race Heats Up As Zūm Expands To Take On Kango, HopSkipDrive

Center for Public Integrity

High-Speed Rail Could Transform Fresno’s Poorest Neighborhood. Will Trump Get On The Train?

San Francisco Chronicle

SF to cover Housing Authority deficit so poor families won’t lose homes

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland to pay rent for low-income residents at risk of homelessness

Mercury News

Oakland’s new $9 million preventive program: A homelessness solution?

East Bay Times

As cities and the hotel industry struggle to curb Airbnb, voters are pushing back

Berkeleyside

Officials overturn landmark designation for UC Berkeley’s Campanile Way

Sacramento Bee

‘Split roll’ tax measure to weaken Prop. 13 qualifies for California ballot

Los Angeles Times

Plan that would increase property tax bills for California businesses qualifies for 2020 ballot

Curbed

Why Wall Street is putting millions into beating California rent control

NBC - Bay Area

Investigative Unit: Hunters Point Contamination, Cleanup and Development

San Francisco Chronicle

Supreme Court: Companies on hook for lead paint removal

KQED

Pieces Finally Falling Into Place for Earthquake Warnings in California

San Francisco Chronicle

Electric scooters returning to SF streets as part of pilot program

San Francisco Chronicle

Lime’s move to squeeze SF scooter rivals pulped by court

East Bay Times

San Franciscans seem happy to have electric scooters back on the streets

CNET

Electric scooters had this city freaked out, and now they're back

The Atlantic

A Long-Term Solution For Scooter Sharing

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