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Building for cars has just brought more cars. Caltrans adopting this change in CEQA is a start to fixing that. Image: Biofriend

Caltrans Will Account for New Driving Produced by its Transportation Projects

By Melanie Curry | Nov 25, 2019 | No Comments

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

What does your community need to help it reduce greenhouse gases? Great pedestrian crossings? The STEP program aims to find out by asking you. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

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STEP: New State Program Aims for Transportation Equity, Community Building

By Melanie Curry | Nov 20, 2019 | No Comments

Cap-and-trade program will fund grants to build community capacity to plan and address local accessibility needs to help lower greenhouse gas emissions

Invest in bus-only lanes, stuff that will help people drive less, says the Clean Air Act. If only the federal EPA wasn't so anti-transit.

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Federal EPA Tries a Catch-22: California Air Is So Bad, No Highway Money

By Melanie Curry | Sep 25, 2019 | No Comments

It's true that the state's planning for meeting Clean Air Act targets needs to improve, but does this EPA care about that?

We've been here before: The Youth Climate Strike in San Francisco in March 2019. Image: Intothewoods7 via Wikimedia

Governor Orders Transportation Aligned with Climate, Appoints Tamika Butler and Hilary Norton to CTC

By Melanie Curry | Sep 20, 2019 | 3 Comments

California State Transportation Agency ordered to direct investments towards decreasing fuel consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Governor Newsom, ARB Chair Mary Nichols, and Attorney General Xavier Becerra address the media this morning.

Nope, Say California Leaders to Trump Threat on Vehicle Emissions Waiver

By Melanie Curry | Sep 18, 2019 | 1 Comment

"We'd love to see them in court."

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Five Ways Trump Is Wrong on California Emissions

By Aaron Short | Sep 18, 2019 | No Comments

The Trump administration revoked a waiver allowing California to set higher automobile emissions standards than the federal government. It's a bad idea.

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