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Week Without Driving Bonus! Day 6: Nights and Weekends

At the end of the Week Without Driving in Sonoma County we held a community meeting to share our experiences and dream big about the future of alternatives to driving in our community.

October 9, 2024

Turn and Face the Strange Ch-ch-changes: Observations and Recommendations from a Week Without Driving

I used my age-appropriate tricycle and quickly discovered that a line on the side of the street is not adequate to let me feel safe riding on a moderately busy street.

October 7, 2024

Week Without Driving Day 4: Too Much Magic Bus

The Santa Rosa City Bus clearly prioritizes customer care, excellent service, and friendliness.

October 4, 2024

Week Without Driving Day 3: The SMART Train

Our plan was to take the train to Larkspur and catch the ferry to San Francisco, where we would have lunch and shop at the Ferry Building.

October 3, 2024

Week Without Driving Day 2: Where the Sidewalk Ends

A week after I bought my house in Santa Rosa I read in the local newspaper that the city was planning to install a flashing crosswalk on Montgomery Drive

October 2, 2024

Week without Driving Day 1: Adventures on an E-Trike

Our friend Abby takes on the Week Without Driving. Check out her e-trike adventures on Day 1.

October 1, 2024

Public Access to Yosemite: Comment on Draft Plan for a Few More Days

The National Park Service is winding up a two-year planning process, and will accept public comment on its proposed Visitor Access Management Plan until September 30.

September 26, 2024

The Challenge: A Week Without Driving

Streetsblog boardmember Abby Arnold pledges to go without driving for a week, and to tell Streetsblog readers all about it

September 24, 2024

Carmageddon: Shift to Remote Work Led to Increase in Driving and Congestion…

Driving miles are higher today than they were before the pandemic, even though more Americans than ever still work from home.

September 16, 2024

Feds Warn Congress That Americans Need to Drive Less to Survive Climate Change

"The U.S. will not be able to decarbonize the transportation sector without addressing increased demand," a recent DOT report wrote. So why are so few transportation leaders doing it?

July 29, 2024