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Walk this Way: Feds Finally Want Car Safety Standards to Apply to People Outside the Vehicle

In the midst of a two-decade rise, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed new rules to "reduce fatalities among pedestrians."

September 10, 2024

Opinion: Cars Have F@#%ed Up This Country So Bad

Fact: The car-centric age of development is one long mistake.

September 10, 2024

Tuesday’s Headlines

Global methane emissions are rising due to human activity; Homelessness is growing, and our solution is to outlaw it; NHTSA will finally require vehicles to testing risk to pedestrians; More

September 10, 2024

Car Dependency Is a Public Health Threat — But Americans Are Too ‘Car Brained’ to See It

Whether you call it "windshield bias" or "motonormativity," Americans have a serious bias that accepts the downsides of automobile travel.

September 9, 2024

Metro Van Nuys Light Rail Line Receives $893 Million in Federal Full Funding Grant Agreement

Metro anticipates full East San Fernando Valley rail construction getting underway this year, and completing in 2031

September 9, 2024

It’s Officially Transit Month

The San Francisco Transit Riders, Seamless Bay Area, and other advocates celebrate buses, trains, ferries, and the people who make them run

September 9, 2024

Monday’s Headlines

Is there a perfect climate policy? Federal grants for safer streets; How income, race, and design affect pedestrian casualties; More

September 9, 2024

Where Can a Body Safely Park a Bike?

This group wants to map, rate, and review bike parking everywhere - with your help.

September 6, 2024

Measure HLA at Six Months: City to Install First New Bikeway, While Denying Other Upgrades

Reseda Boulevard is poised to be the first city street to trigger Measure HLA improvements - while the city omitted upgrades along Vermont Avenue in South L.A.

September 6, 2024

West Oaklanders Celebrate Concrete Results on 8th

West 8th was a speedway on which drivers regularly crashed into one another, into trees, and even into houses. But things are safer now and looking better than ever

September 6, 2024