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Downtown Modesto Ups its Crosswalk Game
Modesto unveiled a new art installation last Friday, and to enjoy it, all people have to do is look down at their feet. If these new crosswalks help make it safer to cross the street, so much the better.
May 16, 2017
City of San Mateo to Host Public Meetings on Controversial 101 Interchange Project
The City of San Mateo will host a pair of community meetings next week in San Mateo and Burlingame over the proposed 101/Peninsula Avenue Interchange project which would relocate on-ramps and off-ramps to eliminate the partial interchange and create a single, full-access interchange at Peninsula and Airport Boulevard.
May 15, 2017
Bike Month: Modesto
The city of Modesto has worked to improve it bicycling culture by improving its infrastructure, and gets to celebrate that on Bike to Work Day.
May 12, 2017
OCTA Budget Outlook: Balanced, But Problems Loom
Money from S.B.1 will allow OCTA to avoid deep service cuts on it buses, but if ridership continues decreasing, there will be hard choices to make in the future.
May 10, 2017
Bike Month Comes to Orange County
Bike Month in Orange County includes free Metrolink rides during Bike to Work Week, and early morning bike rally, a chance to ride with Caltrans, and the annual Ride of Silence.
May 8, 2017
OC Streetcar to Receive $50 Million in Federal Funding
The OC Streetcar got a reprieve this week when it was included in Congress's recently agreed-upon funding package. If it is signed by President Trump, the Garden Grove-to-Santa Ana streetcar project would receive $50 million from the federal New Starts program, which faces an uncertain future under the current administration.
May 5, 2017
At Long Last, Berkeley Gets an Updated Bike Plan
As it closed in on midnight, the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved the Berkeley Bike Plan, which seeks to build a network of safe, connected bikeways throughout the city to encourage more people to ride bikes.
May 4, 2017
Bike Month: What’s Happening in the Sacramento Region
We know that putting together a comprehensive compendium of every Bike Month activity in California is probably impossible, but we're going to make an effort to highlight some of the fun being planned in various areas. First stop: the state capital, Sacramento.
May 3, 2017
Celebrating the Opening of Yerba Buena Island Vista Point to Bikes
It was a beautiful day to mark the Bay Bridge "People" Path's new seven-days-a-week open hours, and to ride a bike to the new Vista Point on Yerba Buena Island.
May 2, 2017
How Can We Jump-Start Progressive Transportation Planning in the O.C.?
There's a truism among advocates for making streets safer for all users: Before an area can walk the walk, they will spend a couple of years talking the talk. That means that before cities and counties and communities begin building the bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure to calm traffic and make streets safe, there will be years of planning and a lot of outreach for great progressive transportation plans.... that for the most part will sit on the shelves where they are placed.
April 28, 2017
