Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Today’s Headlines

Done right, automated traffic enforcement can alleviate bias (Smart Cities Dive) CA environmental groups object to idea of CARB chair Mary Nichols heading up US EPA (KQED) Politico profiles Nichols How environmental justice can return to US EPA (High Country News) Toxic pollution from tires may be killing salmon (SF Chronicle) Biden could ensure all […]

Humboldt still wants to widen Hwy 101 despite threat to old growth redwoods (SF Chronicle) LA approves plans for a so-called “green city” at Warner Center in SFV (LA Times) Parking lot in San Diego turned into a pedestrian plaza (San Diego Union Tribune) Marin County affordable housing project approved under SB 35 rules (Bay […]

Transit needs money, now (Newsweek) The nightmare is here: San Bernardino parses out responses to 911 calls (Daily Bulletin) ICUs are filling up (CalMatters, Sacramento Bee) Ambulance industry “at a breaking point” (NBC) Latino communities have been hit especially hard by COVID (LA Times) Steps toward solving affordable housing (CalMatters) Early test for Biden: Vehicle […]

SFMTA prepares for massive cuts to staff, service (SF Examiner) Why you should care about transportation emissions (Clean Technica) Pollution from tires is really bad (The Atlantic) The bicycle-part supply chain is hard-pressed to keep up (Daily Hampshire Gazette) Transportation for American offers principles for managing curb space Places in the U.S. where voters supported […]

Kern County may succeed in widening the last 2-lane stretch of Hwy 46 (Bakersfield.com) And Marin-Sonoma counties hope to get their highway widening funded by the state, too (Press Democrat) Half of the US urban labor force is working from home (Bloomberg) Families who moved into empty Caltrans properties evicted on eve of holiday (SF […]

Bicycles are hot, and thieves are targeting bike shops (Davis Enterprise) Video: Wildlife overpass in Utah a success; SoCal to get one next year (ABC) Public input sought for potential Highway 1 expansions in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz Sentinel) Emissions are down, revenue up, but CA needs to ramp up climate fight (Environmental Defense Fund) […]