Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry
May 17, 2016

CA Legislative Analyst Office releases initial comments on governor’s proposed budget (LAO)
Want jobs? Build bike lanes (Fast Company)
Coronado is scrapping its bike plan, putting all new bike lanes on hold, starting over (KPBS)
This writer believes congestion is the #1 environmental problem in San Diego County (and that wider roads will fix it) (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Mapping how stressful streets limit cycling (CityLab)
The destructive legacy of housing segregation (The Atlantic)
Anti-density movement may broaden homelessness (LA Times)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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San Diego Could Build a Connected Protected Bike Lane Network All at Once

By Michael Andersen | Feb 24, 2016

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. It looks like one of the most exciting bike infrastructure trends of the last few years — going big — could be coming to San Diego. As reported Monday by Next City, […]

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The World’s Nuttiest Bike Lane NIMBYs Live in a San Diego Beach Community

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 25, 2015

Think you’ve read about every possible NIMBY objection to bike lanes? Think again. These recent comments from a public meeting in San Diego’s affluent Coronado beach community are definitely, um, different. At the meeting, city leaders were bombarded with objections — not about parking, traffic, or “scofflaws” on bikes, but about the “visual pollution” of […]

Construction on Park Blvd has begun, with the first step after repaving being painting the curbs red. Image: Bike SD

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By Damien Newton | Oct 27, 2015

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This short stretch of two-way protected bike lane in Albany won recognition from the American Council of Engineering Companies. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Bike, Pedestrian, and Transit Projects Garner Top Engineering Awards

By Melanie Curry | Jan 9, 2019

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Pasadena's Union Street Cycletrack is one of the projects approved by the California Transportation Commission yesterday. Image from Pasadena DOT.

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CTC Approves Regional Active Transportation Projects

By Melanie Curry | Mar 17, 2017

Yesterday the California Transportation Commission approved 62 projects for a total of $103.3 million from the Active Transportation Program. The projects were submitted by the Bay Area, Fresno, Sacramento, San Diego, Southern California, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Kern regional governments.