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Fresno Mayoral Candidates Talk About Clean and Green Transportation
Last night, the two remaining candidates for Mayor of Fresno met in the city’s downtown at a forum sponsored by the Fresno Bicycle Coalition, The League of Women Voters, Streetsblog California, Cultiva La Salud, and others. The forum covered what Fresno can and should do to encourage a mix of clean and green transportation options for the state’s fifth largest city.
October 6, 2016
Fresno’s Mayoral Candidates Face Off Over Livable Streets Tomorrow
Fresno’s mayoral candidates will be discussing their viewpoints at “Walk & Roll” on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at Bitwise Industries Auditorium, 700 Van Ness Avenue in Fresno.
October 4, 2016
Park(ing) Day in North Orange County: A New, Welcome Experience
Lynk Gibson, 7, grabbed a thick blue marker from a bin and started drawing onto a board with a footprint outline while his 4-year-old brother Nolan looked on at his side. Krystin Gibson, the boys' mother, handed Nolan a marker and directed him where to draw.
September 19, 2016
Highlights From Park(ing) Day Around the Globe
Today is Park(ing) Day -- a day to demonstrate how scarce street space can do so much more than store parked cars. Around the world, people are setting up camp in parking spots and turning them into public spaces.
September 19, 2016
The Streetsblog California Park(ing) Day Post
Today is Park(ing) Day, the now-ten-year-old celebration that repurposes street parking spots for people rather than cars.
September 16, 2016
Santa Ana 5k/Ciclovia Recap: “It’s the Apocalypse Over There.”
I dreaded writing this story.
September 1, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Sunday Streets in the Mission
Normally, Valencia Street in the Mission is dominated by traffic, double-parked cars blocking bike lanes, close calls, and the occasional injury. But not yesterday; yesterday, Valencia Street was all about games, fun and dancing--and a bit of politics and social advocacy--thanks to Sunday Streets.
August 23, 2016
Open Thread: Share Your Open Streets Posters
With the end of the summer around the corner, LAUSD school's re-open two weeks from Monday, there's going to be a splash of Open Streets events throughout the state over the next couple of months.
July 29, 2016
Oakland’s Pedalfest: Celebrating All Things Bicycle
On Saturday, Bike East Bay's annual Pedalfest at Jack London Square in Oakland brought out bicyclists of all shapes, sizes, ages, and colors to celebrate what makes bikes wonderful. Below are some the day's highlights. All photos by Melanie Curry.
July 25, 2016
A Different Ride of Silence: Rich City RIDES
Last Thursday, May 18, was the day of the International Ride of Silence. In many cities—26 Californian cities, according to the California Bicycle Coalition—bike riders gathered to commemorate bicyclists and pedestrians who have died in traffic crashes. San Francisco was one such city. So was Richmond. But that city's Ride of Silence was about a lot more than traffic violence.
May 26, 2016