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CalBike Offers Update on Status of E-Bike Rebate Program
Here's a quick spoiler: there is still no date announced on when the program will begin.
January 19, 2023
Metro Finger-Wags Against Climate Change, Same Day as Metro Recommends $300M for Freeway Widening
Metro tweets penguins and individual responsibility, while ignoring its own larger systemic contributions to the climate crisis
January 19, 2023
Thousands of Chargers for Heavy E-Cars Are Coming to a Sidewalk Near You
Electric car owners suffer from “range anxiety.” But no one considering what the rest of us are suffering from: “Car anxiety.”
January 19, 2023
Open Letter: Bay Area Advocate Wants Planners for Second Transbay Crossing to do Better
If things go like the Transbay Terminal and the Central Subway, how many people reading this will be alive by the time a second Transbay tube is completed?
January 19, 2023
Counter-Intuitive Department: Sometimes, Traffic Controls Make Streets More Dangerous
Since the very first center line appeared on a Michigan road in 1911, many have questioned whether the design norms that govern U.S. roads really make them "safe", or simply less dangerous than the anarchic days of early motordom — though still nowhere near as safe as the days before the car dominated American roads at all. Here's why.
January 19, 2023
NTSB Chair on Vision Zero and the Safety Problems of Heavy EVs
"We have to be careful that we aren’t also creating unintended consequences: more death on our roads."
January 17, 2023
Advocates Envision Converting San Vicente Boulevard to Linear Park
San Vicente Park would be a three-mile-long linear park with plazas and recreational space, plus bike and walk trails connecting to future Metro stations.
January 17, 2023
A Reporter’s Guide to ‘Congestion Cost’ Studies
Every year or so, one or more traffic-counting organizations trots out a report claiming that congestion is costing us tens of billions dollars each year. Despite the “big data” and elaborate estimates, the results are simply bunk, because they’re based on a flawed premise.
January 17, 2023
Streets Are For Everyone Releases Report “Dying on the Streets of Los Angeles”
There were 309 traffic fatalities in 2022, breaking the 300 mark for the first time in over 20 years. This was an increase of five percent from the previous year and a staggering 28 percent increase over 2020.
January 13, 2023
Can S.F. Make San Jose Avenue Safe?
Near popular Balboa Park, crashes are all too common. Residents have clamored for a safer corridor for years, with little effect.
January 13, 2023
