Roger Rudick

Streetsblog San Francisco |Active Transportation

Politicians Talk of Climate Change, Revert to Status Quo

The Great Highway closure was inconvenient for drivers, and now it’s open again. So much for taking action while the world is on fire.

Roger Rudick

August 30, 2021

Streetsblog California |Freeways

‘Amtrak Joe’ Wants Electric Bullet Trains for California

California's electrified, high-speed train project gets closer to reality with billions in federal dollars on the way

Roger Rudick

August 12, 2021

Streetsblog San Francisco |Bicycle Infrastructure

SPUR Talk: Lessons from Delft, an Urban Ideal

Two North American transplants talk about mental health, equity, bikes... and how their new home of Delft gets it right

Roger Rudick

July 14, 2021

Streetsblog San Francisco |High-speed rail

Editorial: Own it, L.A. Politicians–You’re Trying to Kill California’s Bullet Train

L.A.'s supposedly 'environmentalist' politicians just signed a letter proving once and for all that they want HSR dead in its tracks

Roger Rudick

June 30, 2021

Streetsblog California |Governor Newsom

Feds Restore Trump-Blocked Bullet Train Funds

Almost $1 billion in funds from D.C. released to the project

Roger Rudick

June 11, 2021

Streetsblog San Francisco |High-speed rail

Op-ed: High-Speed Rail Needs an Olympic Deadline

It's time to commit and finish California's HSR project all the way from San Francisco to Los Angeles

Roger Rudick

June 2, 2021

Streetsblog California |High-speed rail

Newsom Proposes $4.2 Billion for Bullet Train

If adopted, Newsom revise budget could end wrangling to divert funds away from High-Speed Rail electrification

Roger Rudick

May 18, 2021

Streetsblog San Francisco |Bicycle Infrastructure

Podcast: Saving COVID’s Car-Free Streets

If there's been a silver lining to the COVID crisis, it's certainly that for the first time some space between buildings has been wrestled away from the all-but exclusive use of motorists. The Cool Solution podcast did a great piece about a few of the scrappy activists

Roger Rudick

May 14, 2021

Streetsblog San Francisco |Promoted

Panelists Continue Push For Integrated Transit

A rational, universal fare structure and coordinated schedules that put the customer first? Sounds great--but how do you do it?

Roger Rudick

May 13, 2021

Streetsblog San Francisco |Bicycle Infrastructure

Supervisor’s Comparison of Car-Free JFK to Jim Crow is “Offensive”

Trying to stop motorists from using a park as a freeway isn't comparable to segregation. Supervisor Shamann Walton is either ignorant or intentionally misleading on an indefensible position

Roger Rudick

May 12, 2021

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