Federal ‘Drunk Walking’ Stats Are Flimsy — And Dangerous
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Spouting false statistics about inebriated pedestrians does nothing to make the next victims safer.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Expand bike lane network for more inclusive cities (The Conversation)
- Some neighborhoods don’t want “slow streets” (Government Technology)
- CPUC approves autonomous taxi fare collection (Clean Technica)
- Culver CityBus wins “Transit Agency of the Year” (Patch)
- Santa Barbara finds another reason to freak out about bike share kiosks (Noozhawk)
- Can cap-and-trade address environmental justice? (Yes!)
- Riverside County to run all buses on clean hydrogen (Patch)
- Planned student housing needs to consider induced traffic and bike, pedestrian access (Napa Valley Register)
- MTC drops idea of mandatory telecommuting – will require employers to help lessen car commutes (NBC)
- Cambridge to require carbon emission warning labels on gas pumps (Gizmodo, NBC)
- Empty roads, speeding, and impaired driving lead to rising traffic fatalities (Orange County Register)
- CA COVID cases tripled last month (LA Times)
- CA approves emergency workplace safety rules for COVID (KQED, CalMatters, Sacramento Bee)
- Some “essential” workers are exempt from stay-at home orders – including Tesla workforce?? (Interesting Engineering)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
State Lawmakers, Advocates Fight to Save ‘Great Walkway’
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Sorry, motoring interests, but you can't have San Francisco's coastline to yourself anymore
Studies Show Riding Transit During Pandemic Is Pretty Safe
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As coronavirus cases surge nationally, many scientific studies are reassuring essential workers that it's largely safe to take public transportation (if they use basic precautions) — and reminding Washington that it's past time to give transit agencies the relief they need.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- A curfew won’t help (Curbed)
- Why so many cities in Europe are lowering speed limits (CityLab)
- California works to expand electric vehicle rebate program (SF Chronicle)
- Court: Truck drivers not exempt from CA employee classification test (HDT, Bloomberg)
- West San Fernando Valley to host “transportation tech innovation zone” – delivery robots in the Warner Center (Smart Cities Dive)
- Redlands Passenger Rail gets award for converting engines from diesel to hydrogen (Redlands Community News)
- LA launches design challenge for new models of affordable housing (ArchPaper)
- Redlining’s legacy is visible today (NPR)
- Biden-Harris promises clean, equitable transportation (NRDC, Energy News)
- US seeks input on regulating autonomous vehicles (Washington Post)
- Consumer Reports says that FCC move to restructure radio spectrum will cause problems for autonomous vehicles
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Councilmember Krekorian Cancels Magnolia Boulevard Widening
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City will only proceed with project's safety and rainwater components
County Developing Plan to Add 138-miles of Multi-Use Paths on SGV Waterways
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The San Gabriel Valley Greenway Strategic Plan builds on years of work to open up the region's greenways to bicyclists and pedestrians
Six Million Dollars for a Fake Bike Path
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Advocates were dismayed that the Alameda City Council voted Tuesday to tone down a letter condemning the Oakland Alameda Access Project's (OAAP) lack of bike and pedestrian accommodations
Talking Headways Podcast: Buildings, Transportation, and Power
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How are we going to get to net zero carbon emissions? It's hard.
Study: Drivers More Reckless When Their Cars Have More ‘Safe’ AV Tech
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Automated vehicle technology was supposed to end car crashes forever — but a new study suggests that the more automated a car gets, the more reckless its driver may become.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Not knowing what’s causing this surge is a handicap (LA Times)
- It’s hitting Black workers harder (Sacramento Bee)
- Healthcare systems know everyone needs access to grocery stores (NextCity)
- MTC might back off mandatory telecommute goal (SF Examiner)
- LA argues about oil wells, setbacks (LA Times)
- State argues that Prop 22 does not apply to Uber and Lyft drivers (Sacramento Bee)
- What now with ride-hail? (CalMatters)
- Electric car industry forms a lobbying group (The Verge)
- New California EV rebates (Clean Technica)
- Money for a freeway in Diamond Bar (ABC7)
- Money for interchange in Monterey (Monterey County Weekly)
- The effects of displacing people for highways last a long time (AZ Central)
- Police train landlords on how to keep out renters that have been arrested (LA Times)
- The Biden cabinet appointments that matter (Five Thirty Eight)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
L.A. Should ‘Al Fresco’ Its Bus Stops
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Apply the same L.A. Al Fresco energy to improving bus stops - for the safety and well-being of essential workers.