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Analysis: Saving Transit Would Be Cheaper Than Letting it Die
A new analysis of the costs of not helping public transportation agencies fill a $2.5 billion funding gap found that it would cost former riders twice that much - $5 billion - in annual car ownership costs alone.
May 11, 2023
Metro and Caltrans 605/60 Freeway Widening Project Could Demolish San Gabriel Valley Homes
Early designs for Metro and Caltrans 605 Freeway Corridor Improvement Project (605CIP) show more than a dozen home demolitions in South El Monte and Pellissier Village
May 11, 2023
Eyes on the Street: Crosswalk Collective Makes Safer Routes to School
The project features two new crosswalks near schools, plus the first use of the collective's new feature: a "STOP" stencil
May 11, 2023
Velo-City: Where the World Learns How to Build Streets for Everyone
Streetsblog San Francisco editor Roger Rudick checks in from the Velo-City conference in Leipzig, Germany
May 10, 2023
Opinion: What Two Massacres in Texas — One With a Car, One With a Gun — Reveal About America’s Culture of Violence
American news outlets exploded with headlines about two eerily similar mass killings in Texas over the weekend. Both assailants killed eight people each. Both used weapons that advocates have fought for years to regulate because they are uniquely capable of killing large numbers of people in moments: the AR-15 rifle and the SUV.
May 10, 2023
Did the Pandemic Help Improve Street Space Allocation for Bicycle Riders?
Yes, somewhat. More of it needed.
May 9, 2023
Commentary: The Paris Bike Boom Is Incroyable
It's also a good lesson on how to tell if your city leaders are serious about mode shift or safety, because relative to Paris, the Bay Area is clearly full of merde
May 9, 2023
Study: Electric Vehicle Pollution Reductions Accrue Mostly to the Rich
About that electric vehicle "revolution"...
May 9, 2023
Why Car Dependency Makes Healthcare Access Harder — Particularly for the Marginalized
More than 20 percent of car-free U.S. adults in car-dependent places are skipping medical appointments because they can't physically get to the doctor, a new study finds.
May 9, 2023
Podcast: Is the Electric Car a ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’?
On today's episode of The Brake, we sit down with the co-author of a new paper, "Exposing the Structural Violence of Private Electric Automobility," to talk about why the EV debate is so polarizing.
May 9, 2023
