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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith Bay Area health officers releasing \u003ca href=\"http://www.acphd.org/media/572718/health-officer-order-20-10-shelter-in-place-20200429.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">details\u003c/a> of the region’s latest coronavirus shelter-at-home orders, it’s a natural moment to ask just exactly how we’re doing in terms of going along with the directives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it happens, virtually all of us who are glued to our mobile devices every waking hour are engaged in a massive reporting project that answers that very question. A wide range of apps on our gadgets, from mapping and dating services to fitness trackers, can \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watch where we are and capture that information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can guess the rest: App makers use the data to personalize and “improve” the services they offer you. They also sell some of what they capture to third parties that analyze the information for a wide range of other purposes. Assessing traffic and congestion in our cities is one popular use of such data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, this state of things does raise \u003ca href=\"http://businesslawtoday.org/2019/03/power-place-geolocation-tracking-privacy/\" target=\"”_blank”\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">privacy concerns\u003c/a>. And there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> ways to \u003ca href=\"www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/technology/prevent-location-data-sharing.html\" target=\"”_blank’\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">turn off or limit the tracking\u003c/a> — something most of us don’t do. But during the coronavirus pandemic, the details of our daily movements that our phones have been capturing and dutifully feeding into the cloud have given analysts a chance to see to what extent we’re actually locked down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the overall answer is: We’re pretty locked down. Data show we’re traveling far less and staying at home far more. Here's a quick rundown of some of the major analysis services issuing reports on our activity during the pandemic:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>StreetLight Data\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815085\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815085\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-800x479.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-800x479.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-160x96.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM-1020x611.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-2.24.37-PM.png 1790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of an interactive \u003ca href=\"https://www.streetlightdata.com/VMT-monitor-by-county/#emergency-map-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StreetLight\u003c/a> map tracking vehicle miles traveled in every county in the Bay Area and throughout the United States. \u003ccite>(Streetlight.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>StreetLight Data is a San Francisco-based transportation analysis firm that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the news\u003c/a> last year for a report on potential access problems for California communities facing high wildfire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To report on some of the impacts of COVID-19, StreetLight has partnered with another data firm, Cuebiq, and put together an \u003ca href=\"https://www.streetlightdata.com/VMT-monitor-by-county/#emergency-map-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interactive national map\u003c/a> of how total vehicle miles traveled has changed during the pandemic compared to a January baseline. In the Bay Area, not surprisingly, the total miles we're all traveling is way down — in the 85% to 90% range in San Francisco and between 63% to 67% in Solano County, the jurisdiction with the smallest decrease over the last six weeks. StreetLight's map is relatively easy to use and is comparatively current, with the most recent travel data just two to three days old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cuebiq\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815120\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815120\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-800x509.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-800x509.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-160x102.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-1020x649.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-1920x1222.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM.png 2014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of Cuebiq's \u003ca href=\"https://www.cuebiq.com/visitation-insights-covid19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 Mobility Insights\u003c/a> interactive.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>New York-based Cuebiq provides the most detailed, complex and hard-to-use view of pandemic behavior trends in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.cuebiq.com/visitation-insights-covid19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 Mobility Insights\u003c/a> map. The company's analysis shows the number of us staying at home and how far we're traveling from shelter. It even provides a view of how social inequality is playing out in the pandemic by analyzing shelter-at-home trends in higher-income and lower-income areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We mentioned that Cuebiq's interface for this data is rather hard to use. By that, we mean that it takes a bit of patience and practice to learn to navigate the interactive map. We haven't found a way to drag the map to an area of interest; searching for the geographic area you're interested in seems to work best. The same goes for drilling down to the accompanying tables showing stay-at-home trends and week-over-week changes. It takes some work. A nice feature attached to the bottom of the map, showing travel trends over the last several weeks or the timeframe of your choosing, is very hard to read. Still, there is a lot here to absorb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Unacast\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815135\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-800x503.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-800x503.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-160x101.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-1020x641.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-1920x1207.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of Unacast's \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Distancing Scoreboard\u003c/a> for California. \u003ccite>(Unacast)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unacast, a Norwegian startup that once did entertainment audience analysis, has developed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Distancing Scoreboard\u003c/a> that rates every U.S. state and county on three metrics: changes in travel, the number of non-essential trips and \"encounter density\" — essentially, the frequency with which strangers (read: potential coronavirus vectors) wind up in the same place with other strangers. The Unacast data is very fresh, and its graphics include up-to-the-date trend lines on all three indicators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some of Unacast's grades are perplexing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scoreboard gives California a D+\u003c/a> for social distancing measures as of April 29 while it gives New York state, the epicenter of the national pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a C-\u003c/a>. San Francisco, with 23 COVID-19 deaths, gets \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=06075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a C+\u003c/a>, while Manhattan, with twice the population and nearly 100 times as many people succumbing, gets \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=36061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a B-\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Orbital Insight\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815191\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 790px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11815191\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png 790w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance-160x107.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orbital Insight map showing difference in travel distances recorded in U.S. counties in early and mid-April. \u003ccite>(Orbital Insight)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Orbital Insight, a Palo Alto-based geospatial analysis firm, has been tracking travel patterns and time spent at home throughout the coronavirus outbreak. The company says its data shows that San Francisco residents have been spending about 80% of their time at home since shelter orders were imposed six-plus weeks ago. That's a dramatic change from the pattern pre-pandemic. The company says it's detecting signs of \"\u003ca href=\"https://orbitalinsight.com/blog/geospatial-data-show-americans-are-getting-quarantine-fatigue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quarantine fatigue\u003c/a>\" with travel distances edging up in many states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Google\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815195\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-800x467.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-800x467.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-160x93.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-1020x595.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM.png 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of recent Google Mobility Report data for Santa Clara County. \u003ccite>(Google)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Google, which already knows more about you than you know yourself, has been employing users' location data to produce what it's calling \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Mobility Reports\u003c/a> for scores of countries and every state and county in the United States. The data capture activity at transit stations, grocery and drug stores, retail and recreation outlets, parks and workplaces — as well as time spent at home. For \u003ca href=\"https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-04-26_US_California_Mobility_Report_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California and the Bay Area\u003c/a>, the data isn't super up-to-date: As of this writing on April 29, its numbers only run through April 11 (since updated to April 26). But they do provide a snapshot of how public activity contracted during the first few weeks of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Apple\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSJkhWse2HZbG5horJyP-IzY04wY3wr4nR_LfyiKxIjGjQwldzrGrx1jXTb7Bfghji68Y3lf-rhV9Fm/pubchart?oid=309654850&format=interactive\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apple is approaching the problem of estimating public travel from a different direction. The company has developed \u003ca href=\"https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mobility trend reports\u003c/a> based on routing requests (i.e., directions) that Apple device users submit through the Maps app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows a steep drop here for driving, transit and walking directions. Although all three types of requests are still way down from the baseline levels in January and early February, they're showing a slight uptick in recent days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cuebiq\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815120\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815120\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-800x509.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-800x509.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-160x102.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-1020x649.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM-1920x1222.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-3.33.27-PM.png 2014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of Cuebiq's \u003ca href=\"https://www.cuebiq.com/visitation-insights-covid19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 Mobility Insights\u003c/a> interactive.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>New York-based Cuebiq provides the most detailed, complex and hard-to-use view of pandemic behavior trends in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.cuebiq.com/visitation-insights-covid19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 Mobility Insights\u003c/a> map. The company's analysis shows the number of us staying at home and how far we're traveling from shelter. It even provides a view of how social inequality is playing out in the pandemic by analyzing shelter-at-home trends in higher-income and lower-income areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We mentioned that Cuebiq's interface for this data is rather hard to use. By that, we mean that it takes a bit of patience and practice to learn to navigate the interactive map. We haven't found a way to drag the map to an area of interest; searching for the geographic area you're interested in seems to work best. The same goes for drilling down to the accompanying tables showing stay-at-home trends and week-over-week changes. It takes some work. A nice feature attached to the bottom of the map, showing travel trends over the last several weeks or the timeframe of your choosing, is very hard to read. Still, there is a lot here to absorb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Unacast\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815135\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-800x503.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-800x503.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-160x101.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-1020x641.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-4.10.06-PM-1920x1207.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of Unacast's \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Distancing Scoreboard\u003c/a> for California. \u003ccite>(Unacast)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unacast, a Norwegian startup that once did entertainment audience analysis, has developed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Distancing Scoreboard\u003c/a> that rates every U.S. state and county on three metrics: changes in travel, the number of non-essential trips and \"encounter density\" — essentially, the frequency with which strangers (read: potential coronavirus vectors) wind up in the same place with other strangers. The Unacast data is very fresh, and its graphics include up-to-the-date trend lines on all three indicators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some of Unacast's grades are perplexing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scoreboard gives California a D+\u003c/a> for social distancing measures as of April 29 while it gives New York state, the epicenter of the national pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=state&fips=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a C-\u003c/a>. San Francisco, with 23 COVID-19 deaths, gets \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=06075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a C+\u003c/a>, while Manhattan, with twice the population and nearly 100 times as many people succumbing, gets \u003ca href=\"https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=36061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a B-\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Orbital Insight\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815191\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 790px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11815191\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance.png 790w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/County_level_standard_distance-160x107.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orbital Insight map showing difference in travel distances recorded in U.S. counties in early and mid-April. \u003ccite>(Orbital Insight)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Orbital Insight, a Palo Alto-based geospatial analysis firm, has been tracking travel patterns and time spent at home throughout the coronavirus outbreak. The company says its data shows that San Francisco residents have been spending about 80% of their time at home since shelter orders were imposed six-plus weeks ago. That's a dramatic change from the pattern pre-pandemic. The company says it's detecting signs of \"\u003ca href=\"https://orbitalinsight.com/blog/geospatial-data-show-americans-are-getting-quarantine-fatigue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quarantine fatigue\u003c/a>\" with travel distances edging up in many states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Google\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11815195\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11815195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-800x467.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-800x467.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-160x93.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM-1020x595.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-29-at-5.34.06-PM.png 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of recent Google Mobility Report data for Santa Clara County. \u003ccite>(Google)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Google, which already knows more about you than you know yourself, has been employing users' location data to produce what it's calling \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Mobility Reports\u003c/a> for scores of countries and every state and county in the United States. The data capture activity at transit stations, grocery and drug stores, retail and recreation outlets, parks and workplaces — as well as time spent at home. For \u003ca href=\"https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-04-26_US_California_Mobility_Report_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California and the Bay Area\u003c/a>, the data isn't super up-to-date: As of this writing on April 29, its numbers only run through April 11 (since updated to April 26). But they do provide a snapshot of how public activity contracted during the first few weeks of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Apple\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSJkhWse2HZbG5horJyP-IzY04wY3wr4nR_LfyiKxIjGjQwldzrGrx1jXTb7Bfghji68Y3lf-rhV9Fm/pubchart?oid=309654850&format=interactive\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apple is approaching the problem of estimating public travel from a different direction. The company has developed \u003ca href=\"https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mobility trend reports\u003c/a> based on routing requests (i.e., directions) that Apple device users submit through the Maps app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows a steep drop here for driving, transit and walking directions. Although all three types of requests are still way down from the baseline levels in January and early February, they're showing a slight uptick in recent days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A leading energy industry group is calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration to hold off on efforts to strengthen oversight of oil and gas production in order to soften the pain fossil fuel companies are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Independent Petroleum Association, a trade organization representing 500 crude oil and natural gas producers, wants the administration to significantly scale back the governor's proposal to increase staff at the agency that oversees oil drilling. The organization is also seeking delays or changes in 11 separate state requirements for testing wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What is at stake is much greater than the viability of local production, tens of thousands of well-paid employees, hundreds of service and supply companies, lost state and local tax revenues, but also a destabilizing of California's energy supply,\" CIPA CEO Rock Zierman wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6879741/CalGEM-2020-Relief-Letter-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an April 3 letter\u003c/a> to state regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaders of environmental groups that got wind of the association's requests are calling on California officials to proceed with plans to strengthen the California Geologic Energy Management Division, the agency that oversees oil and gas drilling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We urge CalGEM to reject CIPA's attempt to exploit the ongoing pandemic to loosen regulations intended to keep the public safe, protect the environment and hold oil companies financially and legally responsible for damage caused by their operations,\" more than a dozen environmentalists wrote in a letter to State Oil and Gas Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, as part of his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11795344/newsom-zeroes-in-on-education-gaps-homelessness-and-wildfires-in-state-budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">initial 2020-21 state budget\u003c/a>, has proposed \u003ca href=\"https://esd.dof.ca.gov/Documents/bcp/2021/FY2021_ORG3480_BCP3875.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adding 128 analysts, engineers and geologists to CalGEM\u003c/a> over the next three years. Oil producers would have to pay $24 million to fund the expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor's annual revision of his initial spending plan, due on or before May 14, is expected to change significantly because of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The COVID-19 outbreak and its resulting shelter-at-home orders have shuttered thousands of businesses and led more than 3 million Californians to file for unemployment benefits. The abrupt economic crash has slashed tax revenue for state government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor's proposal to increase CalGEM staffing comes at a terrible time for a key part of California's energy sector, according to state Senate Minority Leader Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right now, the price of oil is at its lowest in history, and the industry is struggling to continue operating,\" said Grove, who represents Kern County, the epicenter of California's oil-drilling sector, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says adding millions of dollars in fees would destroy the state's oil producers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Jobs will be lost, the livelihoods of families will be affected, and one day, all Californians will wake up and realize the importance of this industry to our everyday lives,\" Grove said. \"This latest proposal is absurd.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shelter orders have led to big drops in demand for gasoline and jet fuel, forcing refineries throughout the state to cut production and sending the price of a gallon in California to its lowest average in more than three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trend has improved air quality but hurt the state's oil industry and workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marathon Petroleum has idled its Martinez refinery. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11810439/coronavirus-prompts-martinez-refinery-to-cut-back-sell-hydrogen-plants%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PBF Energy\u003c/a> is selling hydrogen plants at its facility in the same city for hundreds of millions of dollars. In general, local\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11813844/unions-say-bay-area-refineries-have-dismissed-more-than-1000-contract-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> refineries have cut more than 1,000 contract workers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Layoffs have begun to hit some of California's oil producers as well, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article242153486.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacramento Bee\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2020/apr/27/oil-price-drop-hits-businesses/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Business Journal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"California's independent producers are experiencing unprecedented challenges,\" Sean Wallentine, vice president of government affairs for CIPA, wrote in a separate letter to California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot, in late March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CIPA argued in \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6879753/20-03-30-CIPA-Letter-to-Newsom-Admin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a March 30 letter\u003c/a> that CalGEM should fill vacant positions before adding new ones. It's also asking state regulators to delay some requirements on testing idle wells as well as new rules for existing steam injection wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trade group's letters have prompted intense pushback from environmentalists who for years have called for stronger regulatory enforcement from the agency formerly known as the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, or DOGGR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The simple truth is that CalGEM is currently dangerously understaffed,\" a coalition of 60 climate, health and environmental justice groups called the Last Chance Alliance wrote \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6879754/20-04-14-Group-Letter-Opposing-Removal-of.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in their own letter\u003c/a> to Newsom earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alliance says CalGEM needs the added staff to conduct basic industry oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The coronavirus outbreak and economic disruption is all the more reason to add these positions,\" the group's letter states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration said in its January budget proposal that at current staffing levels, CalGEM is unable to perform required inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"CalGEM seeks to maintain and expand an active field presence and oversee safer and more effective regulation of the state's oil and gas operations, yet is inadequately staffed to witness 100% of the operations requiring technical oversight,\" the governor's proposal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal says the extra staff would improve the department's ability to monitor uncontrolled petroleum releases, known as surface expressions, like ones in Kern County's Cymric Oil Field that led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777971/top-state-lawmakers-question-chevron-oil-spill-fine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a multimillion dollar fine against Chevron\u003c/a> last year and a state legislative \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11797767/with-some-oil-drilling-on-hold-lawmaker-wants-state-to-do-more-to-prevent-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hearing\u003c/a> several months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispute over CalGEM staffing levels comes weeks after the agency resumed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11810791/after-9-month-pause-california-issuing-fracking-permits-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">granting permits for hydraulic fracturing\u003c/a> following a nine-month pause. The agency is relying on the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to conduct an independent review of its pending well stimulation permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists and lawmakers had criticized CalGEM in the past for handing out large numbers of fracking permits and not acting aggressively enough to force oil companies to stop surface expressions, some of which have led to the release of millions of gallons of oil.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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It's also asking state regulators to delay some requirements on testing idle wells as well as new rules for existing steam injection wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trade group's letters have prompted intense pushback from environmentalists who for years have called for stronger regulatory enforcement from the agency formerly known as the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, or DOGGR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The simple truth is that CalGEM is currently dangerously understaffed,\" a coalition of 60 climate, health and environmental justice groups called the Last Chance Alliance wrote \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6879754/20-04-14-Group-Letter-Opposing-Removal-of.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in their own letter\u003c/a> to Newsom earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alliance says CalGEM needs the added staff to conduct basic industry oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The coronavirus outbreak and economic disruption is all the more reason to add these positions,\" the group's letter states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration said in its January budget proposal that at current staffing levels, CalGEM is unable to perform required inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"CalGEM seeks to maintain and expand an active field presence and oversee safer and more effective regulation of the state's oil and gas operations, yet is inadequately staffed to witness 100% of the operations requiring technical oversight,\" the governor's proposal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal says the extra staff would improve the department's ability to monitor uncontrolled petroleum releases, known as surface expressions, like ones in Kern County's Cymric Oil Field that led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777971/top-state-lawmakers-question-chevron-oil-spill-fine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a multimillion dollar fine against Chevron\u003c/a> last year and a state legislative \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11797767/with-some-oil-drilling-on-hold-lawmaker-wants-state-to-do-more-to-prevent-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hearing\u003c/a> several months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispute over CalGEM staffing levels comes weeks after the agency resumed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11810791/after-9-month-pause-california-issuing-fracking-permits-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">granting permits for hydraulic fracturing\u003c/a> following a nine-month pause. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco will begin restricting cars on certain stretches of blacktop throughout the city this week to reduce traffic and give pedestrians, runners and bikers space to steer clear of each other amid ongoing shelter-in-place orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/slow-streets-program-help-social-distancing\">Slow Streets\u003c/a>\" program will be rolled out incrementally, with up to three, roughly eight-block corridors per week closed off to through traffic, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced Tuesday. In all, the agency identified 12 different corridors throughout the city — from Bayview-Hunters Point to the Sunset District — to make largely traffic-free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We identified some low-volume, residential streets that we could quickly transform to make sure that people can walk or jog safely while also maintaining social distance,\" SFMTA Executive Director Jeffrey Tumlin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11813517\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/san_francisco_slow_streets_april_2020.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11813517 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/san_francisco_slow_streets_april_2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1090\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/san_francisco_slow_streets_april_2020.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/san_francisco_slow_streets_april_2020-160x145.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/san_francisco_slow_streets_april_2020-800x727.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/san_francisco_slow_streets_april_2020-1020x927.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposed car-free street corridors in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of SFMTA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The corridors are mostly on bike routes and exclude major emergency traffic corridors and operating Muni lines, the agency said. Local residents and businesses will retain access to driveways and delivery services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The road closures begin later this week, with short stretches of 41st Avenue, in the Sunset, and Page Street, in the Haight-Ashbury District, blocked off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco follows Oakland's lead, which earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811879\">announced plans\u003c/a> to close 74 miles of roadways in the coming weeks — roughly 10% of all streets in that city. A growing number of cities across the country are beginning to adopt similar initiatives to prevent crowding, as coronavirus-related quarantines have forced the shutdown of scores of parks and gyms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1252618969128693760\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most important thing people can do is remain home, but when you must go out this will help allow for physical distancing,” Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1252618969128693760\">said in tweet\u003c/a> on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the coronavirus pandemic became the new normal, a movement to make more city streets car-free was already gaining traction in a growing number of urban areas across the country, including San Francisco. In January, the city blocked private vehicles on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11797529/san-franciscos-market-street-is-going-car-free-next-week-7-things-you-need-to-know\">busiest stretches of Market Street\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11811879,news_11812847,news_11807044\" label=\"Related Coverage\"]And while the announcement garnered enthusiastic support from bicyclists and pedestrian advocates, some city leaders questioned the logic of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have no idea how SFMTA came up with this bc apparently they didn't have time to reach out,\" District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AaronPeskin/status/1252668774425083905\">tweeted\u003c/a> on Tuesday. \"At first glance, they seem more concerned w recreating in less dense areas than responding to requests to address social distancing needs of seniors & low income people of color in D3.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The street's slated for temporary closure to through traffic include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>17th Street (between Church and Valencia)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>20th Avenue (between Lincoln and Ortega)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>22nd Street (between Valencia and Chattanooga)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>41st Avenue (between Lincoln and Vicente)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ellis (between Polk and Leavenworth)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Holloway (between Beverly and Harold)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kirkham (between Great Highway and Seventh Avenue)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Phelps (between Oakdale and Evans)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ortega (between Great Highway and 14th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Page (between Stanyan and Octavia)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Quesada (between Lane and Fitch)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Scott (between Eddy and Page)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Annie Berman contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Bay Area transit operators have hammered out a proposal to distribute newly available pandemic relief funding, cash intended to help the agencies survive a historic loss of ridership triggered by the coronavirus outbreak and to aid in rebuilding service once the immediate crisis is past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a plan unveiled late Thursday, 24 agencies will split the funds to help cover operating losses projected at hundreds of millions of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-1.29.57-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11812895\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-1.29.57-PM.png\" alt=\"Transit Relief Funds\" width=\"400\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-1.29.57-PM.png 644w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-1.29.57-PM-160x274.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a blueprint that will be considered next week by the 21-member Metropolitan Transportation Commission, BART would get $252 million to help pay for ongoing operations. San Francisco's Muni is in line for $197 million, the East Bay's AC Transit would receive $80 million, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) $73 million and Caltrain $49 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funds come from a $25 billion aid package for transit systems nationwide, approved as part of the federal government's $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area agencies, which like others around the country have seen ridership and revenue declines of 90% or more since the coronavirus outbreak prompted widespread shelter-at-home orders last month, are in line for a total of $1.3 billion. The first allocation announced Thursday represents about 60% of the available funds; the MTC says the remaining $520 million will be distributed later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MTC spokesman Randy Rentschler said the funds were distributed proportionally based on the losses each agency has sustained so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We used a series of formulas that sought to mirror what the shortfall is for the operators based on what we know so far,\" Rentschler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those shortfalls are steep, even as one agency after another slashes service to contain costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART, which has suspended service after 9 p.m. and has cut the number of trains it runs the rest of the day in half, said earlier this month it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811507/coronavirus-crisis-has-blown-a-big-hole-in-barts-budget-it-wont-be-fixed-soon\">expects a $173.5 million gap\u003c/a> between its expected and actual revenue through June 30. 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We have got to keep our health system open and ready for a surge that we believe is coming due to the coronavirus pandemic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Click the image below for a larger version.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11811932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/EVNXUM7UEAEtb5i-e1586558694658.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11811932\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/EVNXUM7UEAEtb5i-e1586558694658.jpeg\" alt=\"A map of streets that Oakland plans to close to cars while residents shelter in place. The first four street closures will begin on Saturday, April 11. 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