Coronavirus
Streetsblog California
There’s No Need For Blanket COVID Park Closures
...with some very important exceptions.
April 7, 2020
More Drivers Speeding Under Low-Traffic Conditions Highlights Need for Speed Law Reform
Under COVID-19, fewer drivers on the road means more speeding. Cities need state speed law reforms to ensure that dangerous speeding doesn't outlast the current pandemic.
April 6, 2020
One Angeleno’s Coronavirus Pandemic Diary: Day 23 – Safe Public Space In Los Angeles
Other cities are doing quick-build safe streets projects - will this work in L.A.?
April 6, 2020
DATA DUMP: Total Driving Is Down in All Major U.S. Cities
Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.
April 6, 2020
Reckless Driving Is the Other COVID-19 Epidemic
City speed cameras are nabbing far more drivers than they were during the normal, pre-corona days--even though the numbers of cars on the road is down dramatically.
April 6, 2020
Five Reasons Trump’s Fuel Standards Rollback Is Terrible
The only thing more outrageous than relaxing crucial climate change standards? Using the economic impacts of COVID-19 as political cover to do it.
April 2, 2020
Stop Touching Pedestrian “Beg Buttons”
L.A. is actually disconnecting them in some places where a lot of people are walking. Other Californian cities aren't (yet) thinking about them
April 1, 2020
Cycling in the Time of COVID-19
Reflections on biking on the quiet streets of pandemic San Francisco
April 1, 2020
No, Bird and Lime Were Not ‘Forced’ to Pull Fleets — or Fire Staff — Because of COVID-19
A lot of smaller micromobility companies kept their scooters and bikes on the streets. And a reminder: if micromobility is truly part of the sustainable future, it needs to be there always, not just when times are good.
April 1, 2020
