The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog California.
We’ll have more on Bakersfield a little later today.
And if you happen to be running the America’s Finest City Half Marathon this weekend, look me up! I’ll be wearing my green Santa Monica Classic t-shirt, pink shorts, and a Lisa Simpson fanny pack.
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”
Steve Hilton promises lower gas prices but ducks conversations on what the actual costs are in terms of pollution. Streetsblog breaks down the costs of saving eighteen cents per gallon by ending the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.