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New ‘Induced Demand’ Calculator Shows Exactly How Much Driving Your City’s Highway Expansion Will Encourage

By Kea Wilson | Oct 20, 2021 | No Comments

A new calculator shows the real impacts of proposed highway expansions in their communities — and the experts behind the project hope that transportation agencies will someday be required to use it, too.

So true... and yet, even Governors seem to believe in magic these days

Newsom’s Deeply Disappointing Vetoes of Traffic Safety Bills

By Melanie Curry | Oct 12, 2021 | No Comments

The governor relied on flawed safety data to argue that bike stop and "jaywalking" bills would somehow decrease safety, while data shows the opposite.

Eaton Canyon Wash Bike Trail was awarded $1.9 million during the San Gabriel Council of Governments' first cycle of Measure M Subregional Program. More than $22 million is available for its second cycle, with applications due on October 18, 2021. Image: Los Angles County Public Works

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San Gabriel Valley Bike/Ped, Bus, and First-Last Mile Projects to Get $22 Million in 2022-2025

By Kristopher Fortin | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments plans to award more than $22 million for active transportation, bus improvements, and first/last mile projects. Deadline to apply is October 18.

Despite being a residential street, Balboa Blvd in Los Angeles has seen its speed creep up to 40 mph. (Design has a lot to do with why 85% of drivers speed here.) Image: Google Street View

Op-Ed: A.B. 43 Would Let Cities Set Safer Speed Limits

By Caro Jauregui | Oct 7, 2021 | No Comments

Current speed limit rules reward those that travel fastest, regardless of safety

“Cycling for Sustainable Cities” Opens California Bicycle Summit

By Melanie Curry | Oct 5, 2021 | No Comments

Advance symposia features top bicycle scholars Ralph Buehler and John Pucher, discussing how cities can and are making bicycling better for everyone, and how COVID has affected bicycling.

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SGV Connect 84 – El Monte Mutual Aid and Pop Up Lanes in Alhambra

By Damien Newton and Kristopher Fortin | Sep 17, 2021 | No Comments

Welcome back to the SGV Connect podcast, this week Damien talks with Active SGV about a pop-up bike lane in Alhambra, but first Kris checks in with some of the leaders of a mutual aid organization in El Monte.

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