Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Climate Change

405 Freeway in Orange County - photo via Caltrans

Interview: California Freeway Expansion Projects Induce Travel, and Underestimate Impacts of Additional Driving

By Joe Linton | Feb 17, 2021 | No Comments

UC Davis scholars Susan Handy, Jamey Volker, and Amy Lee created a online Induced Travel Calculator tool to project how road expansion projects would increase driving

Planners are still hoping that adding an auxiliary lane to this highway will relieve congestion. Source: Cruz511

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California Transportation Commission: S.B. 1 Projects Approved

By Melanie Curry | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

Concerns were raised about continuing to invest in car infrastructure, but project list was approved anyway. Also: S.B. 1 brings economic development, jobs; Active Transportation Program gets some love; Equity Advisory Roundtable is almost full.

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SPUR Talk: Does California Need a Statewide Clean Air Measure?

By Roger Rudick | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

After all, pollution doesn't always stay in one region

Aquatic Park, Berkeley. Photo by Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Another California Executive Order: Conserve Lands, Align Policies to Fight Climate Change

By Melanie Curry | Oct 8, 2020 | No Comments

Advocates applaud the order, but how does it fit with ongoing efforts to widen freeways and drill more oil wells?

Elon Musk stands in front of the image of a Tesla with a microphone

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Study: We Can’t Fix Transportation-Related Climate Emissions With EVs Alone

By Kea Wilson | Oct 5, 2020 | No Comments

And a major shift to public transit and active modes is the only realistic answer

Walking, biking, and transit are the most energy efficient and non-polluting forms of travel, but they need support and encouragement. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Bold Action Is Needed; This Executive Order Is Not That

By Melanie Curry | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments

Governor Newsom's executive order calling for cleaner transportation only hints at the most important way to reduce transportation emissions and make life in California better: by encouraging and supporting walking, biking, and transit.

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