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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
What Will It Take for Sacramento to Make Walking Safer in Poor Neighborhoods?
Police and city planners in Sacramento have come under scrutiny in the weeks since police were caught on tape assaulting Nandi Cain, Jr., a black man, during a jaywalking stop. Cain, who was legally using an unmarked crosswalk, has since filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city. Now, reporters are looking into why there are so few marked crosswalks in one of Sacramento's poorest areas.
April 27, 2017
Tulare County Highway 190 Roundabout Is a Caltrans Safety Success Story
Despite some local opposition, a quiet rural road in California benefits from a new roundabout, which was cheaper to build than a signalized intersection. It's also safer.
April 20, 2017
High-Speed Rail Authority Discusses Routes to Anaheim
California high-speed rail proposes to use the existing rail alignment between L.A.'s Union Station and ARTIC in Anaheim. That will require some modifications, including a number of grade separations.
April 19, 2017
Fresno to Get Rural Electric Ride Share Services
Two new programs--Green Raiteros and Van y Vienen--will soon be providing electric-powered shared rides to some of the poorest and most isolated rural communities near Fresno.
April 14, 2017
Jeff Tumlin Exit Interview
Nine months isn't a long time to create a Department of Transportation (DOT) for the City of Oakland. But Jeff Tumlin did it, and how he's moving on.
April 13, 2017
15,000+ Bicyclists, Pedestrians Come Out to Garden Grove’s 3rd Open Streets Event
More than 15,000 people came out to bike and walk in Garden Grove's Open Streets event on Saturday. The 2.5-mile route stretched from Main Street to West Street and had some streets closed to cars, streets with mixed traffic, and a one-mile pop-up protected bike lane.
April 6, 2017
OCTA’s Discounted Day Pass Fails to Impact Declining Ridership, Will End
OCTA experimented with a discounted day pass for its buses to help increase ridership--rather, to counter rapidly decreasing ridership. But it “didn’t provide the movement of the needle that we were looking for in terms of increasing ridership” and will be ending soon.
April 3, 2017
Talking Headways Podcast: Transport Oakland
Here is the first (and hopefully not the last) episode in a series on the Oakland Transportation Department -- how it came to be and what comes next.
April 3, 2017
Bike/Ped Bridge Over 101 In East Palo Alto Could Begin Construction This Summer
After a handful of small setbacks, East Palo Alto's dream of providing a safe crossing over the 101 Freeway for people riding bicycles and people walking is nearly a reality. This new bridge will provide a long-awaited connection between the city's east and west sides.
March 30, 2017
