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Quick Legislative Update: Where Are the Bills Now?
Here's a super quick and far from comprehensive update on some key street safety bills
May 26, 2023
Bay Area Public Transit Agencies Lay Out Their Case for Emergency Funding
Senate Select Committee on Bay Area Public Transit holds its first hearing to listen
May 17, 2023
High-Speed Rail Needs Federal Support. It Also Needs Loud Champions in California
Feds have invested $10 billion in high-speed rail nationally so far - that's minuscule compared to federal investments in aviation ($777 billion) and highways ($2 trillion)
April 6, 2023
Legislative Update: Traffic Safety and Public Transit Bills
CalBike has a rundown of some key bills the legislature is considering this session - and there are a lot of them
March 3, 2023
Legislative Hearing on Public Transportation Woes Is Just a Beginning
Public transit is in a tough spot, for many reasons, most of them far outside the control of individual agencies.
March 2, 2023
New CA Senate Select Committee Formed to Study Bay Area Transit Issues
The stated purpose is to "address the unique challenges and opportunities facing public transportation in the Bay Area as the region emerges from the pandemic."
February 21, 2023
Last Legislative Update: What Bills Were Signed, Vetoed, or Never Got that Far
A final update on the 2021-22 California Legislative Session: Final outcome on bills on bicycle and pedestrian safety, public transit, and climate including a recap of some of the ones that never got to the governor.
October 3, 2022
Legislative Update: No Tax Credit for Living Car-light and Other Newsom Vetoes
No permanent e-bike incentive program, either. But cities and counties will be required to incorporate Safe Systems Approaches - bike and pedestrian safety - into their traffic circulation plans on a somewhat accelerated schedule.
September 29, 2022
Governor Signs a Raft of Climate Bills
At a press conference in Vallejo today, Governor Gavin Newsom and a large cohort of legislators celebrated the passage - and signing - of a package of some forty bills that touch on clean energy, climate change, electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, solid waste, and environmental justice.
September 16, 2022
Legislative Wrap-Up: Bills on Bike and Ped Safety, Climate
The dust is still settling, and Newsom hasn't signed on the dotted line yet
September 2, 2022