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Air Quality Board Member Rides a Bike to Meeting. Why Is this Newsworthy?
Or, put another way: why don't more public agency directors and staff, especially those working on climate and air quality issues, use - or encourage - active transportation?
December 17, 2019
City of Sacramento Adopts a Complete Streets Policy
Sacramento's Complete Streets policy aims to be a model for other California cities to emulate - especially since Caltrans keeps opposing one for itself.
December 13, 2019
Housing at Transit: Berkeley Moves to Comply with New State Zoning Law
Step one: creating a Memorandum of Understanding between BART and Berkeley so they can work together. The MOU will guide Berkeley's accelerated rezoning of these two parcels.
December 12, 2019
CalBike Celebrates 25 Years of Bike Accomplishments
Celebrating achievements, and outlining what's ahead for 2020
December 5, 2019
California Planners Have Already Been Swapping VMT for LOS
The state's "seismic" shift from measuring congestion to assessing new travel has been a glacial but inexorable change
December 4, 2019
A Graphic Guide to the 2020 U.S. Census
Results from the upcoming U.S. 2020 Census will guide allocations of billions of dollars for highways, transit, health care, education, and many other government services. But there are some really big challenges.
December 3, 2019
Thank Your for Your Support to Keep Streetsblog California Going
We work hard to bring you news that is ignored or under-reported in the mainstream press, and we can't continue without the support of our readers
December 3, 2019
Transfers Magazine: Research on Equity in Ride-hail, Parking, Transit
The new issue of Transfers Magazine contains research on ride-hail, carless households, transit, and parking.
November 26, 2019
Caltrans Will Account for New Driving Produced by its Transportation Projects
A "profound change" in how transportation impacts are accounted for is coming, in line with efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and driving and increase biking, walking, and transit trips
November 25, 2019
Walk SF Urges Public to Push for Strong Recommendations on Setting Speed Limits
Zero Fatalities Task Force report due soon, but since it has been meeting in closed-door sessions it's anyone's guess what its recommendations will be
November 21, 2019