Today’s Headlines
- Why do we keep widening highways when we know it only makes traffic worse? (NY Times)
- S.F. inaugurates long-awaited subway extension (SF Chronicle)
- National Park Service seeks public comment on its long range transportation plan (GoldRushCam)
- Facebook has given up on reviving the Dumbarton rail bridge (NY Times)
- Hundreds of deserted oil and gas wells in SoCal could soon get plugged. It's a drop in the bucket (Daily Bulletin)
- Need a new year's resolution? Try walking (MinnPost)
- National League of Cities creates a training program for small cities without much capacity for grant applications (Route Fifty)
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
