Car Free JFK Turns 3
Last Friday, leaders of Walk SF, the San Francisco Bike Coalition and hundreds of Bay Area residents gathered on "Car-Free JFK" in Golden Gate Park to celebrate the car-free streets 3rd anniversary.
May 2, 2023
Advocates Urge Feds Not To Weaken Already-Weak Crash Reporting Guidelines
A new set of federal crash reporting guidelines could actually encourage cities to collect less data about the systemic factors behind the national traffic violence epidemic by treating basic information about road design at crash sites as optional.
May 2, 2023
Today’s Headlines
Truckers Angry at State’s Diesel Ban (SFGATE) CA’s Population Still Shrinking (SacBee, SFChron) Balancing Privacy and Safety in Debate on Speed Cameras/License Readers (Union-Trib) State Sues Elk Grove for Rejecting Affordable Housing (SFChron) Santa Monica Makes It Easier to Have Block Parties, Open Streets (SM Next) Drivers Are Increasingly Distracted by Their Phones, According to … Continued
May 2, 2023
SGV Connect 109: Rick Cole and Norma Quinones
This week’s SGV Connect features a pair of interviews with former Pasadena Mayor Rick Cole and San Gabriel Valley Conservation Corps (SGVCC) Director Norma Quinones.
April 6, 2023
Oceanside Planning Major Changes to Coast Highway
“This is a solution for that,” Oceanside resident Joan Bockman told the San-Diego-Union Tribune. “We want it to stop being I-5 west.”
January 30, 2023
Today’s Headlines
Oceanside Announces ‘Lane Reduction’ on Coast Highway 101 (Union-Tribune) LB Traffic Deaths Spiked For Last 3 Years (LB Post) Interview with SFMTA’s Jeffrey Tumlin (KQED) Transit Top Focus of these S.F. Politicos (BayAreaReporter) More on BART’s Financial Woes (PleasantonWeekly) LAX Peoplemover/Expansion More Than Halfway Done (Daily Breeze) Bakersfield Opens Trail, Bridge Connecting to Kern River … Continued
January 30, 2023
Today’s Headlines
DMV Will Host Workshop on Autonomous Pickup Trucks (SacBee) L.A. Metro Renderings Of Future DTLA Arts District Subway Station (Urbanize) San Rafael Safety Project Nets Grant (MarinIJ) Sue to Force S.F. to Build Housing? (48Hills) Will S.F. Reach Housing Goals? (Axios) Fresno’s 700k Pothole Blitz (Fresno Bee) Carlsbad Asks Bike Riders to Sign Safety Pledge … Continued
January 27, 2023
Streetsblog Interview : UCLA Researchers Who Examined the Systemic Impact of Autonomous Vehicles
"But we see VMT increase in the L.A. network based on our modeling...There are a lot of benefits that CAVs bring to us, but with these benefits we also propose some kind of transportation demand management strategies to curb that increase in VMT."
January 26, 2023
Today’s Headlines
State Supreme Court Rejects Suit Against 2018 Bay Area Funding Measure (SFChron) OC Climate Plans Are Decades Behind (LAist) Pasadena Committee Approves 2040 Bus Electrification (Pasadena Now) PCH Re-Opens in Orange County (Register) Ports of NY/NJ Overtake LB/LA As Busiest Ports (LB Biz) Lithium Is Really Terrible for the Environment, and Demand for It Is … Continued
January 26, 2023
Today’s Headlines
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January 25, 2023