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When Car Dependency Meets Climate Disaster
How does car dependency make weathering a storm harder, and what can we do about it? We sat down with two experts from the Urban Institute to find out.
EVs — What Are They Good For?
A new paper argues that policymakers need to totally rethink their subsidy regime.
Red State, Red Tape: How to Fight for a Highway Teardown in Louisiana
Inside the fight for environmental justice on a once-bustling Black New Orleans business corridor scarred by a dangerous highway overpass.
Tuesday’s Headlines
Nine bike-friendly laws signed by Newsom; Muni Forward, AC Transit realignment, LA Metro ridership; Madera County hopes to renew a transportation sales tax measure; Cities can't expand highways forever; More
Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica’s New Michigan Avenue Greenway Extension
The 1/8-mile-long Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway (MANGo) extension includes two short bike/walk paths and one block of two-way protected bike lanes
Eyes on the Street: New Modular Curbs on Main Street Protected Bike Lanes
Hopefully these quick-build improvements will prove effective on Main, and can be expanded to other protected bikeways throughout the city
Op/Ed: Why Transit Advocates Should Be Wary of Proposition D
San Francisco's transit system is undergoing a transformation, but Proposition D threatens to derail this progress by giving the mayor unchecked control over the SFMTA
How to Defeat Car Culture in America’s Deadliest City for Pedestrians
"How do you market hundreds of miles of ‘road diets’ in the car capital of the nation?"
Friday’s Headlines
Muni Funding, BART Safety, BRT Expansion, 2025 on Open Space, CicLAvia, Rideshare, More...