Cyclists Needed for Project to Monitor Air Quality in Southeast L.A. and on Eastside
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Environmental justice advocate seeks help tracking particulate matter in residential areas bordered by industry, freeways
Bike Lane Fights on Both Sides of the Bay
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Temescal protected bike lanes move forward to full city council in Oakland, while Valencia protected bike lanes get approved by SFMTA Board
A Green New Deal? Here Are Some Suggestions
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If the "Green New Deal" only focuses on reducing emissions from cars and trucks, it won't go far enough.
Today’s Headlines
|- The lingering, widespread health problems from wildfire smoke (Reveal)
- CA’s 3-foot-passing law is rarely enforced (LAist)
- Federal autonomous vehicle bill gets last-minute push in lame-duck Congress (The Verge)
- Switching to electric vehicles could save billions, but timing is tricky (FutureStructure)
- Victor Valley Transit orders new electric buses (Business Insider)
- Sonora pedestrian project seeks public input (MyMotherLode)
- To get people to drive less, a cultural shift is needed (Mobility Lab)
- L.A. considers development at Tejon Ranch—fire risk is one consideration (LA Times)
- SoCalGas ratepayers pay for lobbying against zero emission energy (CALmatters)
- Sens. Beall and McGuire introduce a package of affordable housing bills (Lake County News)
- Sen. Weiner proposes a right-to-shelter bill (SF Chronicle)
- Initiative to kill high-speed rail faces an uphill battle (CNBC)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
CicLAvia ‘Heart of Los Angeles’ 2018 Open Thread
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CicLAvia returned to central Los Angeles neighborhoods including Chinatown, Boyle Heights, Little Tokyo, and downtown L.A.
Valencia Vote Looms as SFBC Readies for 2019
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At its annual Winterfest, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition takes stock and vows to continue the fight for protected bike lanes on Valencia, Howard, Townsend, Embarcadero and the Oakland Bay Bridge
Today’s Headlines
|- Parking in L.A. County takes up more space than all of Manhattan (Curbed)
- Asm. Ting introduces bill to require electrification of cars (SF Chronicle)
- White House expects to end subsidies for electric cars and renewables (The Hill)
- The election results are good news for air quality and climate (Capitol Weekly)
- Feds issue full funding for OC Streetcar (Progressive Railroading)
- The secret to good health may be a walk in the park (NY Times)
- Sen Weiner re-introduces bill to encourage high-density housing near transit (LA Times, SF Chronicle)
- Sens. Weiner and Allen propose repeal of law that subjects low-income rental housing to a local vote (Long Beach Post)
- The recently completed legislative session, by the numbers (Capitol Weekly)
- Remember Amazon’s HQ2 competition? The company gathered a lot of data from cities (NY Magazine)
- San Jose tries a different approach: Welcoming a Google campus but offering no tax incentives (CityLab)
- Gas stations vent a lot more dangerous vapor than previously thought (SSTI)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Prop 6 Proponents Introduce Anti-High Speed Rail Initiative
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DeMaio wants to shift all responsibility for state highways to local governments, and all construction work to private contractors.
New “LeaseUp” Initiative Partners to Lease Housing to Curb Homelessness
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The new Measure H funded "LeaseUp" program partners landlords and non-profits to get homeless people into available existing housing units.
Metro’s $400 Million Roads Plan Is an Act of Climate Change Denial
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It’s time for Metro to pump the brakes on its misguided, climate-harming road plan for the 710 N. Corridor cities.
Eyes on the Station: Balboa Park BART Improvements
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Officials cut ribbon on improvements to one of the region's busiest transit hubs
Detroit Hurt By Too Much Parking
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Just two families own a huge portion of downtown's Detroit's surprisingly profitable surface parking, a Free Press investigation finds.