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South Lake Tahoe Residents Demonstrate for a Safe Crossing. Caltrans Is Unimpressed
In South Lake Tahoe, advocates demonstrated for pedestrian and bicyclist safety improvements. Caltrans was unimpressed.
July 24, 2018
Suit Alleges Air Resources Board Plan Limits Housing, Victimizes Poor
In the most recent California Planning & Development Report, Josh Stevens draws attention to a “quixotic” and “aggressively worded” lawsuit filed in April against the Air Resources Board and its 2017 Scoping Plan.
July 18, 2018
Bill to Increase Use of Zero-Emission Vehicles Could Credit Uber, Lyft for Bike Miles
This bill could give Uber and Lyft a strong interest in making bike-share successful and encouraging its use--and could also motivate them to support cities in improving bike infrastructure to get more people riding them.
July 16, 2018
ARB Says California Is Successfully Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This latest data show that California's greenhouse gas emissions were a little below 1990 levels in 2016, a three percent drop from 2015.
July 11, 2018
Local Public Transportation Projects Receive $97 Million
California's Low Carbon Transit Program just announced grants to 152 local transportation projects to provide free and reduced fares, expand transit service, purchase zero-emission buses, and improve bus stops.
July 10, 2018
Californians Must Drive Less, Says ARB at Historic First Joint Meeting with CTC
No matter how many low carbon fuels or zero emission vehicles California deploys, it won't be enough—we must drive less, say experts at the Air Resources Board. Will the commissioners hear the message?
June 29, 2018
Highway Boondoggles: US 101 Expansion in San Mateo, California
Caltrans has widened U.S. 101 seven times since 1996 and hasn't cured congestion. But it's not going to try a new approach.
June 29, 2018
State Air Quality Board and Transportation Commission to Meet, Explore Mutual Concerns
On Wednesday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the California Transportation Commission (CTC) will hold its first joint meeting to discuss issues of mutual concern. The meeting is being held to fulfill requirements of A.B. 179, passed last year, that requires the two groups to meet at least twice a year to “coordinate implementation of transportation programs and policies.”
June 26, 2018
Upcoming CARB Workshops: Evaluating Efforts to Plan Communities in a Way that Reduces Emissions
Until now regional planning agencies only had to name some strategies and show the math on why they think those strategies would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
June 15, 2018
Update: Caltrans Is Shifting Its Perspectives on Pedestrian Safety
In the short time she's been at Caltrans, Chief of Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Rachel Carpenter has achieved a lot. At the same time, her progress shows how much more work there is to do.
June 1, 2018
