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SANDAG Can’t See the Future for the Cars
SANDAG board members still believe they can widen highways to "fix congestion"
September 30, 2019
New California Transportation Commissioners Sworn In
Tamika Butler and Hilary Norton are a good response to A.B. 179, which called for better representation on the CTC
September 26, 2019
Federal EPA Tries a Catch-22: California Air Is So Bad, No Highway Money
It's true that the state's planning for meeting Clean Air Act targets needs to improve, but does this EPA care about that?
September 25, 2019
Governor Orders Transportation Aligned with Climate, Appoints Tamika Butler and Hilary Norton to CTC
California State Transportation Agency ordered to direct investments towards decreasing fuel consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
September 20, 2019
Commentary: Federal Transportation Policy Is Undermining Progress on Climate
Democrats and Republicans remain deeply committed to antiquated policy that undermines any action we take on climate change: spending billions to build new highways, encouraging more and more driving.
September 18, 2019
Complete Streets Bill Threatened by Tardy, Unspecified, Absurd Cost Estimates
Department of Finance analysis says safe streets for all are too expensive. Also that they're already being made safer (do you feel safer?). So, which is it? Both can't be true.
August 16, 2019
CTC Transportation Forum: Resiliency and Transit
The climate crisis is messing with transportation planning and engineering, and transit agencies are learning to adopt electric vehicles while ridership falls
July 31, 2019
Lessons of Los Angeles’s Transit Tax: Money Isn’t Everything
A broad coalition of Angelinos pushed transit funding over the ballot line. Now they need leadership to get them out of their cars.
July 31, 2019
Baby Steps on Climate Responsibility in New Federal Transportation Bill
A lot more money for highways. A little more money for bikes and bridge repair. But what else is in the new Transportation bill moving through Congress?
July 31, 2019
Senate’s $287B Road Repair Offers Just .4% for Biking
Two U.S. Senators are pushing a bill that would allocate $287 billion to fix the nation's crumbling roads and bridges — with less than one percent of it set aside to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe.
July 30, 2019
