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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
More Investments in Electrification of California Transportation Approved
The CPUC approved a plan for big utility companies to invest $738 million in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, which complement CARB's plan to use VW settlement funds on electric heavy-duty trucks and buses.
May 31, 2018
CA Air Resources Board Approves Plan for Spending VW Mitigation Fee
CARB will focus its share of the VW settlement on jump-starting electric vehicle technology for freight and transit vehicles.
May 29, 2018
New Opportunity to Help Shape State Bike and Ped Policy, Design: Deadline Soon
The California Bicycle Advisory Committee—CBAC—will be replaced by one that is more diverse and inclusive, and includes pedestrian issues
May 14, 2018