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AQMD Chair William Burke Speaks Against Transit
Should someone with Burke's negativity toward transit really be chairing a body charged with improving Southern California air quality?
December 16, 2019
SMART Celebrates Larkspur Extension
Tomorrow, Saturday, regular service begins... with more frequent service to come
December 16, 2019
City of Sacramento Adopts a Complete Streets Policy
Sacramento's Complete Streets policy aims to be a model for other California cities to emulate - especially since Caltrans keeps opposing one for itself.
December 13, 2019
Feds to Cities: Paint the Town Red!
The Federal Highway Association approved new guidance this week that will dramatically expedite the process for approving the use of red paint to indicate a dedicated bus lane.
December 13, 2019
Housing at Transit: Berkeley Moves to Comply with New State Zoning Law
Step one: creating a Memorandum of Understanding between BART and Berkeley so they can work together. The MOU will guide Berkeley's accelerated rezoning of these two parcels.
December 12, 2019
Streetfilms Video: Flower Street Bus Lane Is a Success Story to Be Copied
Streetfilms and TransitCenter have a new short video out today highlighting the success of downtown Los Angeles' Flower Street bus-only lane.
December 12, 2019
The 151 Agencies Behind Bay Area Transit
And we wonder why it's so hard to get around
December 3, 2019
L.A. Metro Considers Shifting Measure R Monies
Metro is considering shifting some unused highway contingency funding to transit - but the board could amend highway spending more broadly, perhaps to align with equity, complete streets, and climate goals
November 26, 2019
Op-Ed: What America Gets Wrong about Fare Evasion
There’s a moralistic discourse in the United States about fare evasion on public transport that makes it about every issue other than public transport or fares.
November 26, 2019
Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving
Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit.
November 25, 2019
