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Scott Wiener At It Again With a Bill to Upzone Housing Density Near Transit Hubs

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After his multiple previous attempts to throw out zoning restrictions in areas near transit hubs have failed, state Senator Scott Wiener has a new measure to streamline larger housing projects near a more limited number of those hubs.State Senator Scott Wiener has been on a crusade to pump up taller and denser housing projects near transit stations ever since his political career took him to Sacramento. He had a 2018 measure to allow five-story …

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Scott Wiener At It Again With a Bill to Upzone Housing Density Near Transit Hubs

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Wiener Introduces Legislation to Increase Housing Density Near Transit

This story also appears at Streetsblog California. Flanked by Bay Area elected officials and advocates from the Yes in My BackYard (YIMBY) movement, Senator Scott Wiener (D-SF) held a press event at the Daly City BART Station Friday morning to announce Senate Bill 79. If it becomes law, SB 79 will upzone near major transit […] The post Wiener Introduces Legislation to Increase Housing Density Near Transit first appeared on Santa Monica Next.

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Evanston RoundTable

Letter to the editor: We need better transit before adding density - Evanston RoundTable

People clamoring for greater density and less parking, especially along so-called “transit corridors” in Evanston, likely think this will drive a public transit revolution. I imagine they’ve never experienced life without a driver’s license.As a lifelong visually impaired person who has never been able to drive, let me tell you: it’s not as easy you might think to get around Evanston and beyond, and probably won’t be for years to come. Meanwhile…

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