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Bikes parked in front of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento

Legislative Update: Current Status of Bicycle/Pedestrian Bills

By Melanie Curry | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

"Suspense Day" is over and many of the bills Streetsblog is tracking have moved on to a floor vote.

710 Freeway - photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Bill to Prohibit Building Freeways through Sensitive Communities Moves to Assembly Floor

By Melanie Curry | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

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.

Bicyclists gather at Sacramento's Ride of Silence in May 2014. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Ride of Silence This Week, All Over California

By Melanie Curry | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

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

By Melanie Curry | May 16, 2022 | No Comments

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

By Melanie Curry | May 13, 2022 | No Comments

A huge surplus, relief for car owners, and peanuts for the best form of climate action available: active transportation

CAHSRA construction in the Central Valley

Progress on California’s High-Speed Rail

By Melanie Curry | May 12, 2022 | No Comments

Some people are beginning to notice that the project is actually happening

This vacant land, viewed from Norwalk's Silverbow Avenue pedestrian overpass, was more than a dozen homes. Metro and Caltrans have demolished hundreds of homes for their South 5 Freeway widening project. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Does the Building Trades Council Really Believe Freeways Are More Important than Homes?

By Melanie Curry and Joe Linton | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

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

By Melanie Curry | May 6, 2022 | No Comments

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.

Topics the California Air Resources Board wants to address with research.

What Should the Air Resources Board Study?

By Melanie Curry | May 3, 2022 | No Comments

An opportunity to help shape California Air Resources Board's research priorities - and provide ideas for future research projects

Future Fresno HSR Station rendering. Image courtesy CAHSRA

High-Speed Rail Hits Milestones

By Melanie Curry | Apr 29, 2022 | No Comments

EIR for Merced to San Jose, Central Valley Station designs, Funding for Union Station, Adoption of 2022 Business Plan

Adonia Lugo speaking in 2010 at the first CicLAvia open streets festival. Photo by CicLAvia

Governor Newsom Appoints Transportation Equity Leader Dr. Adonia Lugo to CA Transportation Commission

By Joe Linton and Melanie Curry | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments

Lugo is a longtime transportation equity advocate, a professor at Antioch University Los Angeles - instrumental in the Untokening and CicLAvia

This post is supported by GJEL

Bill Would Require Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety in General Plans

By Melanie Curry | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

Bay Area Seamless Transit bill also among bill passed by Senate Transportation Committee

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