Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Congestion

Opinion: It’s Time to Rethink One-Hour Deliveries

By Hazel O'Neil | Feb 10, 2023 | No Comments

With e-commerce sales booming and the demand for speedy shipping on the rise, the impact of ultra-fast deliveries on our roads and environment has become increasingly apparent. The fallout looks like a veritable armada of delivery trucks triple-parking in your neighborhoods.

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Biden’s First ‘Mega Grants’ Contain Some Mega Wins — And Mega Fails

By Kea Wilson | Feb 7, 2023 | No Comments

A new federal "megagrant" program will fund major safety and transit projects that have been at the top of sustainable transportation advocates' wishlists for years ... along with business-as-usual highway expansion projects that could negate those mega-gains.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Policy Transfer in Southeast Asia

By Jeff Wood | Jan 27, 2023 | No Comments

On this week's podcast, let's talk about congestion in Asia!

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A Reporter’s Guide to ‘Congestion Cost’ Studies

By Joe Cortright | Jan 17, 2023 | No Comments

Every year or so, one or more traffic-counting organizations trots out a report claiming that congestion is costing us tens of billions dollars each year. Despite the “big data” and elaborate estimates, the results are simply bunk, because they’re based on a flawed premise.

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To Fix Inflation And Climate Change, Get Americans out of Cars

By Eve Kessler | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

Our gas-guzzling rides are tanking our personal finances and municipal budgets as well as dooming the planet.

“Solving” Congestion Creates Worse Problems

By Melanie Curry | Jan 31, 2022 | No Comments

Our “cures” for congestion are often worse than the problem.

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