Today’s Headlines
- High speed rail to focus on route to San Jose first, not L.A. (San Jose Mercury News)
- Valley farmers and others oppose initiative to use HSR money for water projects (Fresno Bee)
- High speed rail faces challenges (Monterey Herald)
- What a merger of the Bay Area's two regional agencies could mean (KQED)
- The Bay Area's coming freeway revolution (Planetizen)
- Modesto area struggles to decide which road projects to finish or abandon (Modesto Bee)
- Interview with Vince Bertoni, L.A.'s new head of City Planning (The Planning Report)
- Volunteer to help CA figure out how to replace the gas tax (Fox and Hounds)
- Can startups convince Americans to carpool? (Bloomberg)
- Smartphones don't kill pedestrians, cars do (Gizmodo)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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Tuesday’s Headlines
Newsom vetoes bill to require a human operator in driverless truck testing on public roads; Santa Crux goes all-on for hydrogen; Why CA is taking Big Oil to court; More
Caltrans Explains Why VMT – Vehicle Miles Traveled – Is Such a Concern
And then turns around and says: oh, but new freight truck traffic induced by new highway capacity doesn't count! Really, Caltrans?
Study: What Road Diets Mean For Older Drivers
"After a road diet, all motorists seem to drive at a rate that feels comfortable to a mildly-impaired older adult."
Input Meetings Starting This Weekend for Ballona Creek “Finish the Creek” Extension Study
Learn more and give your ideas for extending the Ballona Creek bike/walk path upstream through Culver City and into Mid-City Los Angeles
Motorist Kills Pedestrian on Valencia
While distracted/inattentive driving was a primary factor, the non-intuitive and dangerous center-running design almost certainly contributed
