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California Transportation Plan 2050: Comments Due Soon
The plan addresses equity and displacement, but stops short of saying what the last plan made clear: California has to stop building for car drivers
October 13, 2020
Why Your City Doesn’t Map Its Worst Car Crashes
The idea of a "High Injury Network" isn't new. But a surprising number of cities don't bother to map it.
September 29, 2020
Proposed “Uplift Melrose” Streetscape Project Enjoys Widespread Community Support
Uplift Melrose has broad support from businesses and neighborhood councils, but will City Councilmember Paul Koretz follow the community's lead?
August 27, 2020
Why Every City Needs to Learn the Three A’s of Equitable Pedestrian Planning
Only 40 percent of pedestrian master plans commit to concrete goals to actually reduce equity disparities.
August 21, 2020
Decoding Trump’s Racist ‘War on Suburbs’ Rhetoric
Trump claimed that an Obama housing rule was forcing communities to build high-density, low-income buildings in suburbia — or, as Trump put it, "mak[ing] sure there is no escape" from "the crime and chaos [found] in Democrat-run cities."
August 18, 2020
L.A. City Is Nixing Metro’s Pedestrian-Priority Plans for Union Station
If L.A. won't prioritize walkability at the front door of the region's most heavily-used transit hub and at its historic walkable core, is there anywhere where Angelenos can expect safe and convenient places to walk?
August 14, 2020
‘Centering Equity Is a Matter of Life and Death’: Responding to Anti-Black Racism in Urbanism
Five visionary leaders shared their wisdom on how to take antiracist action in the built environment professions. Here are a few of the highlights for Streetsblog readers.
June 25, 2020
Under the Banner of ‘Urbanism’: An Interview With Kristin Jeffers
Kristen Jeffers, the founder and editor-in-chief at the The Black Urbanist, talks to Streetsblog about how land use, planning and transportation systems don't often center black, queer, and feminist voices. And should.
June 3, 2020
L.A. Locking in Car-Centric Streets under Accelerated Repaving Initiative
The Bureau of Street Services is rushing to repave major streets, ignoring the city's Mobility Plan. LADOT is postponing bike and ped improvements, saying more outreach is needed.
April 30, 2020
California Prepares to Shift Planning Focus from Car Delay to Induced Travel
Starting July 1, the California Environmental Quality Act will require projects in California to account for how many new miles of automobile travel they produce, rather than how much congestion they contribute
April 17, 2020
