[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/16399180 w=601&h=338] We intuit it, but we don't always realize it: a busy street is a pedestrian-dead street. That's why you never walk down lower Miller Avenue, or Third Street, or, if you can avoid it, Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.

Marin

A Marin City woman is facing eviction from her public housing for hosting her dying mother without prior approval.
Food Truck Crush might be a permanent after-work fixture at the Larkspur Ferry.
The split-lot fee saga continues, which County Supervisors continue to adjudicate on a case-by-case basis.
Golden Gate Bridge workers are engaged in a rather heated renegotiation of their contract with the District.
If SMART is repealed, the sales tax that funds the project will remain in place until all outstanding contracts and bonds are paid off. Dick Spotswood doesn't think this is such a great deal.
SMART supporters are reviving to fight the repeal effort.
There's a fight afoot to prevent the San Rafael Airport from also hosting a recreation center.
Plans to expand Ross Valley's White Hill Middle School have been approved.
Redhill Shopping Center merchants are taking it in the gut as the beloved San Anselmo strip mall undergoes renovation and beautification.
Larkspur's low-density infill development at Niven Nursery near the city's downtown is proceeding apace.
Mill Valley loses a hardware store and a bit of its past.
The Hanna Ranch sprawl project is set to go before the Novato City Council without affordable housing. At least it has that going for it.
Novato approved the design of its new city offices, with some caveats.

The Greater Marin

Local transit agencies are urged to work together more closely ahead of an MTC-led push for a transit gas tax.
If you commute by bus to the City, no doubt you know that the Transbay Terminal is gone. What you may not know is that in its place will be a 61-story tower atop the new transit center along with a number of other fine projects. Have some opinions? Stop by San Francisco City Hall at 5:30 Thursday evening.
Highway 101 widening around Rohnert Park will be completed this month, part of a $172 million widening scheme along the thoroughfare's Sonoma reaches.
Looks like California High-Speed Rail will cost a helluva lot more than planned. Atlantic Cities waxes sanguine on the subject, and Alon Levy looks at the cause of the cost overruns: cantankerous ~~residents~~ officials at either end of the line.
Why do Congressional Republicans hate bikes?