Damien Newton

“The science could not be clearer and the stakes could not be higher.... There is literally no time to waste."

The federal Department of Transportation announced a new pot of funding available for bus systems yesterday — and it's nowhere near what our cities really need.

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SB 50 Fails, Fails, Again, Again (SFChron, SFGate, USA Today) LAT Editorial: L.A. Lawmakers Need To Solve Housing Crisis More on Car-Free Market Street (CNN) If You Can Do It, So Can We (LAT) Maybe on Hollywood Boulevard? (Biking in L.A., LAist, LAT) Car Mag Chimes in on Better Market Street (Car&Driver) Modesto Plans for Median … Continued

Photos of Car-Free Market (SFGate, SFExaminer) Senate Rejects SB50, Transit Housing Bill (SFExaminer, EastBayTimes, LAT, Daily Breeze) But It Still Has a Slim Chance to Make it to Governor’s Desk (SacBee) Info on San Diego Bike Safety Convention Hosted by SD Bike Coalition (Union-Tribune) Santa Monica Approves New E-Scooter Rules (SMDP) 10 Things To Know About … Continued

So, yes, let's disincentivize the purchase of gas guzzlers — but let's also take back the transportation narrative once and for all.

Asm Holden Introduces Legislation To Get LA Metro Gold Line To Ontario Saluting Generations of Advocates for Car-Free Market (SFChron) CA Bicyclist Deaths Highest In 25 Years (Biking in L.A.) Lime Can Track If You Are Riding on Sidewalk (Future Car) San Diego Bans Scooters on Boardwalk (NBC San Diego) A Very Important Look at … Continued

SFMTA Gearing up for Car Free Market (SFGate) Circulate San Diego’s Policy Director Talks Vision Zero (KUSI) Metro Seeks To Accelerate Green Line Torrance Extension (Daily Breeze) Commentary: San Jose Fails to Preserve Downtown (MercNews) Redlands Considers Ballot Measure to Increase TOD (Redlands Daily Facts) Local Papers Want “Train to Coachella” (Desert Sun) SANDAG Begins … Continued

The City of San Jose adopted a "Vision Zero" policy in 2015, meaning that the city's decisions on transportation projects and enforcement would be guided by a goal of reducing traffic fatalities to zero. However, since adopting that policy, fatalities have been high, with both 2015 and 2019 tying for the years with the most fatalities in city history. The end of 2019 was particularly brutal, with headlines in the local newspapers blaring, "Timothy Starkey's Death Points to Uptick in Traffic Fatalities," "2019 the deadliest year for San Jose pedestrians in decades," and  "Quest to Make San Jose Streets Safer Crashes into Worsening Pedestrian, Cyclist Injury Stats."

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