Melanie Curry
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Legislative Update: Current Status of Bicycle/Pedestrian Bills
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"Suspense Day" is over and many of the bills Streetsblog is tracking have moved on to a floor vote.
Bill to Prohibit Building Freeways through Sensitive Communities Moves to Assembly Floor
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The bill would prohibit Caltrans from using state resources on any project, or on permitting any project, that does not meet certain criteria measured by the California Healthy Places Index.
Ride of Silence This Week, All Over California
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The silent group rides are both a remembrance of lost loved ones and a call to drivers and policy makers to do more to make cycling safer.
Clarification on Governor’s Proposal for Active Transportation, High-Speed Rail
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Newsom IS proposing $1 billion for the ATP, and releasing Prop 1A bonds for HSR
Governor Doubles Down on Money for Car Owners in Revised Budget Proposal
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A huge surplus, relief for car owners, and peanuts for the best form of climate action available: active transportation
Progress on California’s High-Speed Rail
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Some people are beginning to notice that the project is actually happening
Does the Building Trades Council Really Believe Freeways Are More Important than Homes?
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Labor is prioritizing a few hours of labor over people's lives, and homes.
NHTSA Releases the Facts on Bicycle Stop-as-Yield Laws: They Increase Safety
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The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration has posted a short "safety fact sheet" summarizing the research on stop-as-yield laws. They reduce crashes.
What Should the Air Resources Board Study?
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An opportunity to help shape California Air Resources Board's research priorities - and provide ideas for future research projects
High-Speed Rail Hits Milestones
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EIR for Merced to San Jose, Central Valley Station designs, Funding for Union Station, Adoption of 2022 Business Plan
Governor Newsom Appoints Transportation Equity Leader Dr. Adonia Lugo to CA Transportation Commission
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Lugo is a longtime transportation equity advocate, a professor at Antioch University Los Angeles - instrumental in the Untokening and CicLAvia
Bill Would Require Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety in General Plans
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Bay Area Seamless Transit bill also among bill passed by Senate Transportation Committee