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Transportation

We believe: Walking, biking, and taking transit should be the safest
and best ways to get around for people of all ages and abilities.

Our Goal


• Reduce emissions from transportation.

• Reduce driving.

• Build complete communities around transit.

• Make Bay Area transit work for the 21st century.

• Eliminate traffic deaths.

a bus traveling unimpeded in a transit-only lane

SPUR Report

Making Roads Work for Transit

Transit delays and unreliability can make riding the bus a nonstarter for those who have other ways to get around. Giving transit vehicles priority on Bay Area roads can deliver the speed and reliability improvements needed to get more people on buses and out of cars.
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Policy Brief

Accelerating Sustainable Transportation in California

To fight climate pollution, California will need to build out the infrastructure to make walking, biking and riding transit the default ways to get around. SPUR makes the case to extend state legislation that is making it faster to build commonsense sustainable transportation projects.
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SPUR Report

The Bay Area Parking Census

For decades, parking in the Bay Area has been both ubiquitous and uncounted. SPUR and the Mineta Transportation Institute have produced the San Francisco Bay Area Parking Census, the most detailed assessment of parking infrastructure ever produced for the region.
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Updates and Events

SPUR Comments on Envision Silicon Valley Process

Advocacy Letter
SPUR supports the evaluation criteria of the Envision Silicon Valley proposal and provides recommendations for categories of transportation investments for the board to prioritize.

SPUR Supports BRT in Santa Clara

Advocacy Letter
SPUR recommends the Santa Clara City Council and Mayor of Santa Clara adopt Locally Preferred Alternative Option 4C, which will implement a fully-featured Bus Rapid Transit line on El Camino Boulevard.

SPUR Supports Lincoln Avenue Road Diet

Advocacy Letter
SPUR supports making the Lincoln Avenue Road Diet permanent (coupled with signal modifications) and encourages the Department of Transportation to monitor the effects of those modifications on travel times and traffic volume.

SPUR Comments on Phase II Expansion of Autumn Parkway

Advocacy Letter
SPUR recommends that the City of San Jose postpone the transfer of any properties associated with the Autumn Parkway Phase II extension until City Council has had the opportunity to determine whether or not this project is still needed to mitigate transportation impacts of downtown development.

The Return of Passenger Rail in the North Bay

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Many communities in Marin and Sonoma County grew up around rail. The remnants of this legacy are the walkable downtowns adjacent to former rail stations in many North Bay cities. Now, after decades of hard work by locals, passenger trains will once again connect the North Bay's communities: Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) will begin passenger rail service in December 2016.

Managing Transportation to Create Great Places

Urbanist Article
Two of the best examples of urbanism in San Jose are Santana Row and Westfield Valley Fair, wildly successful retail, commercial and residential destinations that pull in millions of visitors from all over the region. As these projects prepare to expand, opportunities for enhancing transit and walkability in San Jose can, too.
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