TL;DR summary: Despite claims to the contrary, the Santa Cruz Corridor Plan decreases automotive traffic impacts from development, helps improve tax revenue for infrastructure work, and indirectly discourages dispersed development in other, less regulated areas of Santa Cruz County outside of the city of Santa Cruz. Over the past several months I’ve become acquainted with […]
The Sea Otter Classic 2016 outside of Monterey, CA begins tomorrow. The weather may be a little unsettled and on the cool side, so I made a map of the coffee spots with booth numbers I know about at the festival grounds for your benefit. At least one of these vendors will even give free […]
KQED Public Radio in San Francisco replayed the May 1, 2014 edition of Freakonomics Radio, titled “The Perfect Crime.” The show begins with a discussion of homicide by car. You’ve heard or seen this claim before both here and elsewhere: If you want to kill somebody and get away with it, run them over with […]
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition has opened the Virtual Bike Route Scout service to the general public. Virtual Route Scouts are volunteers who provide personalized routing advice for those who need bike-friendly directions within Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties in the San Francisco Bay region of California. More at Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition: Virtual […]
After a posting to Nextdoor from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) announcing a community workshop for the county bike plan update, a couple of people left typical hater comments in response. I know this isn’t exactly news, but it’s nice to see these two comments received a total of 20 “Thanks” (and from […]
We’re giving a lot of attention to the national 2016 election in the United States, but local decisions can have a more immediate and greater impact than those at the Federal level. Elections for five of the ten city council seats in America’s third largest city take place in June. Most candidates focus on three […]