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See How Council Candidates Score on Our Election Survey
Quality of life in a city is the sense of wellbeing and happiness that a resident has--the mental, physical, and environmental comfort and enjoyment that residents feel, including safety, while going about their daily life. Closer to home, city surveys show that...
Happy 10th Anniversary, Walk Bike Cupertino
In the fall of 2013, while I was serving on the Cupertino City Council, resident and avid biker Larry Dean and I visited City Manager David Brandt. Larry said our bike plan at the time lacked ambition and coherent vision, and wanted to fix that to make biking safer...
Lower speed limits coming to 5 streets in Cupertino
There’s been a significant increase in pedestrian and cycling fatalities in California, and many cities have responded by creating Vision Zero Plans to reduce fatalities and severe injuries. California’s State Assembly has also responded, by allowing greater...
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Lessons the US could learn to reduce traffic fatalities
Surprisingly, Almost all developed nations have seen a decline in roadway deaths over the last decade, while the US has seen a 30% rise in roadway deaths. Many people attribute this to cellphone usage, and to high stress levels, but other countries have these issues...
A Vision for over 2600 miles of Bay Area Trails
A new map has been released by the Rails-to-Tail Conservancy (RTC) and the Bay Area Trails Collaborative (BATC) which shows the new plan to connect over 2600 miles of regional trails. This can increase access for millions more people to enjoy outdoor walking, biking,...
The Case to Un-Pave Parking Lots and Put Up a Paradise
“Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.” Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi.We see it everywhere - half empty parking lots, parking spaces along streets that sit empty much of the time....