Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Today’s Headlines

La Sombrita pile-on ignores an important story about women and transit (LA Times) A defense of La Sombrita (Bloomberg) Bay Area leaders push their Assembly rep hard over transit funding (SF Standard) BART rethinks its service schedule (NY Times) Americans don’t walk. Are we lazy or is it too dangerous? (Big Think) “Too complex, not […]

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tallies the steep health costs of climate change (NRDC) Sea level rise is messing with ancient doctrine of public coastal access (LA Times) For the first time, US EPA proposes greenhouse gas emissions limits (Lexology) New research defends recycling as an effective climate tool (Grist) CA’s organics recycling goals are […]

LA Metro wants to delay adoption of zero emission buses. No way! (LA Times) Sonoma adopts clean transit plan (County of Sonoma) A sneak peek at LA Metro’s new Regional Connector train (LA Times) Lessons on transit staffing shortages from around the world (ITDP) Stop calling it ride-share: Lyft has eliminated carpool rides (Fortune) Minnesota […]

Caltrans, widening Hwy 395 in Owens Valley, is violating ancient burial grounds (LA Times) Newsom can’t just let transit collapse (SF Chronicle) Why mass transit disappeared in America (Common Edge) The case for taxing vehicles by weight (Curbed) Turmoil among Berkeley transportation staff threatens street safety projects (Berkeleyside) LA Metro to open Regional Connector allowing […]

Governor Newsom proposes “sweeping changes” to CEQA (CalMatters) It’s a “bold plan” to to expedite transportation, water, clean energy and other major infrastructure projects (Sacramento Bee) What’s in it (Capital Public Radio) Without CEQA, California would be much worse off (CalMatters) “We can’t cut our way out of this” – Individual transit agencies have to […]

People across the country want transit and walkable communities (SF Gate) Americans walk less frequently and under more dangerous conditions than people in other countries (Virginia Tech, fix your headline) Maybe COVID made biking better (AP) E-bikes, fifty years from now (Outside) More on Oakland pop-up crosswalk (Oaklandside) SANDAG budget spells out priorities, including bikes […]