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L.A. Metro Extends Free Student Pass Program through June 2024
Metro extended free student GoPass rides through the end of June 2024. More than 241,000 students have already registered as GoPass participants, representing nearly 20 percent of the county's 2+ million students.
May 3, 2023
Car Free JFK Turns 3
Last Friday, leaders of Walk SF, the San Francisco Bike Coalition and hundreds of Bay Area residents gathered on "Car-Free JFK" in Golden Gate Park to celebrate the car-free streets 3rd anniversary.
May 2, 2023
Advocates Urge Feds Not To Weaken Already-Weak Crash Reporting Guidelines
A new set of federal crash reporting guidelines could actually encourage cities to collect less data about the systemic factors behind the national traffic violence epidemic by treating basic information about road design at crash sites as optional.
May 2, 2023
Why It’s So Hard to Import Small Trucks That Are Less Lethal to Pedestrians
A rise in rural Americans buying miniature trucks from Japan that meet their needs better than U.S. megacars is renewing calls for Congress to make it easier to buy smaller, safer vehicles from overseas — at least while U.S. automakers refuse to produce them here.
May 1, 2023
Bike Month Is Almost Here: Focus on San Luis Obispo
Bike breakfasts, happy hours, community rides, celebrations, and Bike to School day, all happening during Bike Month in SLO
April 28, 2023
California E-bike Incentive Program Is Coming into Focus
This last workgroup discussed the "final proposed criteria" for the program, including eligibility, funding, and application process.
April 27, 2023
Chevy to Discontinue One of the Only Electric Sedans on the Market
Just days after the Chevy Bolt was announced as one of just two small-ish electric cars eligible for federal EV tax credits, General Motors says it will discontinue its top-selling green model by the end of the year.
April 27, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: E-Bikes to Freedom!
Denver's rebate program is a model for the nation, so this episode is what we consider "must-hear" Headways1
April 27, 2023
City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez on MacArthur Park Station, the Surrounding Community, and Metro’s Pilot Interventions
"We can’t and shouldn’t resort to hostile infrastructure. It lowers the quality of life for everyone who has to use that space, those who are housed and unhoused, who are riding the subway."
April 26, 2023
Visit Your Nearest National Park(ing Lot) Today!
Sick of Shenandoah? Tired of the Tetons? Why not check out all the other land that Americans devote billions of dollars a year to preserving for the benefit of future generations: our planet-leading oversupply of public car storage?
April 26, 2023