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Metro and L.A. Keep Widening Streets at Transit Stations: Regional Connector Grand Avenue Edition
Metro's Regional Connector subway project is anticipated to open this fall, or maybe early 2023.
September 13, 2022
USDOT Head Tours Oakland’s Chasms
Pete Buttigieg met with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff and others Friday morning and took a bus tour of the city's efforts to repair the damage done by the freeway building age.
September 13, 2022
How the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Could Fast-Track Harmful Highway Boondoggles
Federal funding could be spent on fixing our aging roads, making our streets safer, and making it easier to travel on transit, by bike or on foot, giving Americans real options for getting around without a car. But it will more likely be spent on expanding highways.
September 13, 2022
Caltrans Update: Progress on Complete Streets Policy
Last year, then-director of Caltrans Toks Omishakin issued a Director's Policy calling for the Department to consider the needs and safety of people on foot, on bike, and on transit in all of its projects. Then in July, the Caltrans Office of Sustainability issued a Complete Streets Action Plan [PDF], which identified "key high-priority tasks" to get the ball rolling on implementation as soon as possible.
September 8, 2022
United to House L.A. Proponents Rally for Resources to End Homelessness
If passed, "Measure ULA" would enact a new tax on the sale of high value property in L.A. City; tax revenues would be dedicated to projects and programs to end homelessness.
September 8, 2022
San Jose Has Lost its Way on Safety
A few years ago, San Jose was pioneering bold, Dutch-style, quick build infrastructure. Not anymore.
September 8, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: The Energy of Ancient Cities
What can ancient cities tell us about contemporary urbanism? An anthropologist explores some themes.
September 8, 2022
Three Reasons So Many Drivers Leave Pedestrians and Bicyclists to Die
A spate of pedestrian and cyclists deaths at the hands of hit-and-run drivers in St. Louis is sparking a national conversation about the unique reasons why so many drivers leave their victims to die — and what it will take to stop them.
September 8, 2022
Opinion: The E-Bike Is Not a ‘Monstrosity’; Car Culture Is
An Atlantic columnist really put himself out there with a column that mocked e-bikes yet somehow let cars almost entirely off the hook.
September 8, 2022
