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Update on Arguello: State to Provide $1.2 Million for Protected Bike Lanes
Money's now available for yet another safety project on Arguello--will SFMTA finally install protected bike lanes?
October 9, 2023
California Spends Too Little on Environmentally Friendly Transportation Options
A new analysis from the Natural Resources Defense Council found that California allocates less than twenty percent of available transportation funding to low-carbon modes - despite climate and livability goals to increase walking, biking, and transit as modes of choice. At the same time, the state is still investing in highway expansion.
October 5, 2023
Guest Opinion: Ten Years In, CA Active Transportation Program Lays Bare a Tale of Two Agencies
L.A. County needs to embrace physically-protected bikeways, robust traffic calming around schools, and similarly transformative, safety-focused projects
Wes Reutimann
September 29, 2023
Pols: Congress Must Bolster Sustainable Commutes to Reduce Carbon and Congestion
The feds should bolster sustainable commuting modes and transportation demand management strategies.
September 26, 2023
Bill to Fund Transit with Bridge Toll Hike Paused
While some Bay Area legislators supported the idea of raising bridge tolls to help fund transit, there was enough opposition that its author, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), decided to put S.B. 532 on ice for now.
August 21, 2023
What Is to Become of Southern California’s Coastal Rail Corridor?
Legislative committee gets an update: Emergency repairs are done, and now there will be more studying of the problems.
August 15, 2023
California Transit Policies and Regulations Need Updating
A statewide, transit-first policy, in writing, would incorporate all of these notions.
August 9, 2023
Caltrans Carbon Reduction Strategy: We Must Drive Less
The draft Carbon Reduction Strategy is being circulated for public comment by August 18.
August 8, 2023
CA Wins Federal Grants to Support Transit in “Areas of Persistent Poverty”
These are competitive grants for planning, engineering, or developing transit service improvements in historically disadvantaged communities.
July 24, 2023
