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OPINION: The Real ‘Cash Grab’ Isn’t Congestion Pricing — It’s Car Culture
It pays to remember who profits as complainants line up on central business district tolling.
September 7, 2022
Six Arguments Against ‘Speed Limiting’ Technology — And How to Quash Them
Today on The Brake, we asked mobility researcher David Zipper to give us a breakdown of the most common speed-limiting technologies available today, and to share how he responds to six of the most common concerns about them — from the valid to the downright silly.
September 7, 2022
LAPD Sergeant Fired at Jermaine Petit from Inside Patrol Vehicle
If the shooting had been committed by anyone else, it would have been labeled a drive-by.
September 6, 2022
Legislative Wrap-Up: Bills on Bike and Ped Safety, Climate
The dust is still settling, and Newsom hasn't signed on the dotted line yet
September 2, 2022
More Details on Bus and Bike Upgrades Planned for Venice Boulevard
2.8 miles of new bus lanes and 3.6 miles of newly protected bike lanes are anticipated to be installed starting November 2022
September 2, 2022
Q&A: Dutch Safety Experts Coming to San Francisco
Streetsblog talks with Chris Bruntlett of the Dutch Cycling Embassy about street safety and next week's visit to California
September 2, 2022
Driving Is the New Smoking: Lessons From America’s Public Health Victory Over Tobacco
Smoking, once a celebrated totem of American culture, is increasingly an ostracized habit of the marginal few. Getting there, though, took deliberate vision, coordinated efforts, and persistent policy trial and error over decades — and those efforts reveal a partial roadmap for breaking our country’s similarly dangerous addiction to cars.
September 2, 2022
Reimagine Ventura Blvd Is About Expanding Car Parking. Why Tout it as Bike Safety Project?
Unfortunately, this stretch of Ventura Boulevard is a missed opportunity, a step away from multi-modal solutions. Reimagine Ventura Boulevard lacks imagination.
September 1, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: How Zoning Broke American Cities
How were cities regulated before zoning — and should zoning abolition be the ultimate goal?
September 1, 2022
Stop Sign Bill Is Dead
Author Boerner Horvath pulled A.B. 1713 because it was clear that Newsom planned to veto it
August 31, 2022