All Articles
Feds, Advocates Talk About What’s In The New MUTCD (And What Isn’t)!
The new MUTCD isn't the revolutionary rethink advocates were asking for, but it does offer transportation officials more flexibility to design roads safely. The only question is whether they'll take it — or stick to the status quo.
Eyes on the Street: Boyle Heights Myers/Mission Roundabout Completed, Short Bike Paths Open
Connected to the Sixth Street Viaduct, Boyle Heights' Myers/Mission Roundabout project includes two short bikeway segments now open on Myers Street and Mission Road
Tragedy Inevitable on ‘Slow’ Lake Street, Advocates Warn
The battle continues between safety advocates and motorists who are again using Lake Street as a thoroughfare. It is now slow on paper only.
Wednesday’s Headlines
MUTCD released; Being doored is every urban bike rider's nightmare; PCH gets $2.4 million in signs, paint to fix its safety problems; More
Santa Monica Considers Transportation Funding Measure for November 2024 Ballot
Santa Monica is looking to tax paid parking structures (i.e. garages and paid lots) to fund transportation projects, including Vision Zero safety improvements and maintenance of the city's parking structures
Guest Commentary: New Hope for Valencia Street
Don't let demagogues and political opportunists wreck this opportunity
Tuesday’s Headlines
Bike lanes vs the carceral state; How cars became huge killers; GHSA releases 2022 pedestrian fatality date by state; Greyhound bus stations are falling victim to hedge funds; More
Strategic Growth Council Announces Round 5 Transformative Climate Communities Grants
$98 million for eleven community-led climate projects throughout California that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Freeway Math: How Governments Decide a Harmful Highway Is ‘Worth It’
A massive interstate highway project promises do deliver billions of dollars in public "benefits." But a local advocacy group says that it's all based on bad math.
Feds’ Proposed Impaired Driving Rule Is a Bigger Deal Than You Think
But can in-car tech make it past the gauntlet of regulatory hurdles and culture wars ahead?