Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Today’s Headlines

Curbed reports plans to open 110 Freeway to people, not cars, for a day New, disturbing data on traffic injuries in San Francisco (SF Walks) How to stop cars from killing people (SF Weekly) Why I love cycling in the city (Outside) Ukiah to get electric school buses (Ukiah Daily Journal) Caltrans claims adding lanes […]

Teen bike riders arrested in Porterville a “traffic hazard,” say police; residents say they used excessive force (KGET) Lawyers doubt Trump has authority to revoke CA emissions waiver (KQED) White House should compromise with CA (Washington Post) Forest carbon offsets won’t solve climate or save forests, say advocates (Common Dreams) Governor signs A.B. 5 on […]

Trump moves to end CA’s authority on emissions; CA says “see you in court” (NY Times, LA Times, Sacramento Bee, Politico) California might also consider restricting EV rebates to cars by makers who have signed on with CA’s emission standards (CALmatters) ARB’s proposed tropical forest offsets are risky, and there are better alternatives (CALmatters) UC […]

A pedestrian dies every 90 minutes in the U.S. – low-income areas are the hardest hit (LA Times) Federal transportation policy is undermining any progress on climate (Transportation for America) The rules of transportation design need to be reframed (Curbed) Partnership forms to help bring high speed rail to L.A. (Global Railway Review) Lucerne to […]

LA Times warns about climate change: prepare to make sacrifices Uber pulls its scooters out of San Diego (San Diego Union Tribune) Bikes and scooters could replace short car trips in lots of cities (Inrix) Cars rule the road, but it doesn’t have to be this way (Fresno Bee) Cargo bikes are coming (Outside) Two […]

SF Muni diverts buses from low-income neighborhood to give concertgoers free service (SF Examiner) Proposal for car-free streets in S.F.’s Tenderloin (SF Examiner) Why does a refinery in Bakersfield need an exemption from emission monitoring? (CALmatters, California League of Conservation Voters) How Democratic candidates plan to fight climate change [Republicans don’t] (Vox) U.S. cities are […]