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Sunrise at Yosemite © Dennis Sheridan

 

 

 

Sierra Club Yodeler
ISSN 8750-5681
Published bi-monthly by the
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Sierra Club

Articles from the March - April 2009 Yodeler

Painting by Anne Belov, courtesy waterworks gallery
Greening Bay Area Transportation
Helping the Bay Area's transportation system evolve towards protecting the environment is easier said than done.

The power of the party: give a party; save the world, and strengthen the Bay Chapter
OK, one party won't save the whole world, but it can help.

Bus Rapid Transit is moving forward in the East Bay
After a period in the slow lane, AC Transit's proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project is again moving forward.

BART to San Jose - will they build it; how will `they' come?
Is the service really ready for construction and operation?

A rail trip of 460 miles ends with the last 1.3 miles
Getting Caltrain and High Speed Rail to the Transbay Terminal.

Diesel rule will cut state's air pollution
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has passed one of its most important regulations in recent history.

SMART has passed, challenges remain
The passage in November in Marin and Sonoma Counties of Measure Q, for building the SMART train and pathway, brings a series of new challenges to the Sierra Club.

Photo by Lydia Gans
UC: putting its parking where its mouth is?
University transportation policies not matching its lofty goals.

John Muir and parking
How did an organization founded by John Muir in 1892 to protect the Sierra come to be concerned about parking rates?

Colby Library Muir Collection
Hayward State garage would bring costs and traffic
Proposed parking structure bad choice for bus-riders - and even for campus parking.

San Francisco weighs measures that would reduce driving
Congestion charges, new way of evaluating traffic impacts - would mean fewer car trips.

Parks for parking, or parking for parks?
San Francisco's Recreation and Park Department is facing budget shortfalls for 2009 of over $8 million.

San Leandro crossing over to Transit Oriented Development
San Leandro's Transit Oriented Development Strategy will begin bearing fruit with the City Council's anticipated approval of a 100-unit mixed-use housing development.

Thinking globally, moving locally
Debate on Berkeley's Climate Action Plan focuses on land use and transportation.

Biking the walk, bussing it, walking it - but as little as possible by car.
Berkeley transportation activists prove themselves leaders in campaign against Measure KK

 

© 2009 San Francisco Sierra Club Yodeler