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Up the Game on the Oakland A’s Proposed Ballpark, Say Advocates

By Roger Rudick | Apr 8, 2021 | No Comments

Transportation panel says Oakland A's proposed Howard terminal stadium project isn't a home run on transportation, but it's not too late to hit it out of the park.

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Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time

By Kea Wilson | Apr 8, 2021 | No Comments

For the first time in its 54 year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 8, 2021 | No Comments

How to use Santa Monica‘s new protected intersection
Removing parking mandates can make our cities much better places to live (US PIRG)
Map app makers don’t really believe in transit (Big Mood Energy)
Work from home might lead to more car travel, not less (Slate)
Arguments about infrastructure are hot air. Whatever it is, it needs investment (Vice)
Pro-housing policies: just panaceas? (Governing)
When Wall Street controls housing (Planetizen)
Universities’ tax-free status hurts local communities (Time)
Most SUV buyers live in urban areas (Guardian)
Caltrans is fighting sea level rise (Atascadero News)
Google’s plan for downtown San Jose site includes a bit for housing (KQED)
Oh, Tiger was SPEEDING, in a place where “it’s easy to pick up speed.” Well okay then (LA Times)
- Wait – why wasn’t he cited? (LA Times)

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Orange Metro bus with LA skyline in background

Post-COVID Metro Transit Ridership Recovering, While Service Lags

By Joe Linton | Apr 7, 2021 | No Comments

The state and county's relatively rapid steps toward re-opening are proceeding more quickly than Metro's slow crawl to restore transit service. The result is likely to be overcrowded buses.

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Make E-Scooters Work With Transit, Not Against It

By Xiang "Jacob" Yan | Apr 7, 2021 | No Comments

E-scooters are not only popular, but they fill a crucial gap.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 7, 2021 | No Comments

Bill would pressure cities that don’t meet their housing targets (SF Chronicle)
The true cost of fossil fuel subsidies (Heated)
Using new state laws to hold on to your housing – hopefully (KQED)
One vision for new housing at North Berkeley BART parking lot (Berkeleyside)
Now Republicans are arguing over the meaning of “infrastructure” (NY Times)
Pay-per-mile is the right direction (Yahoo)
People who don’t want to spend all our money on highways find hope in DOT action in Houston (Bloomberg)
The looming energy bill question (Energy at Haas)

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L.A. Times Opinion Piece Amplifies Call to Nix Metro’s Harmful Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | Apr 6, 2021 | No Comments

"...why on earth is Metro prioritizing a problematic freeway expansion? ...at some point we need our transit agencies to draw a line in the sand. If they can’t end car-centric urban planning, they can certainly stop enabling it with freeway expansions."

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Another section of I-5. Image: Curtis Gregory Perry via Creative Commons

Oregon Advocates Sue to Stop Racist Portland Highway Expansion

By Kea Wilson | Apr 6, 2021 | No Comments

Advocates in Portland, Ore. have sued to stop the expansion of an urban renewal era highway project — and possibly writing the next page in the playbook for fighting bad urban freeway redesigns across the U.S.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 6, 2021 | No Comments

The boring old Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices is finally getting some needed attention (RollCall)
Bay Area girls lead campaign against harassment on transit (Bloomberg)
Fossil fuel tax programs to cut emissions lead to industry profit but not much climate benefit (Desmog)
Why jaywalking laws need to come to an end (NY Daily News)
BRT in San Berdoo to get $87m from feds (Daily Bulletin)
Caltrans awards grants for safety upgrades in Inyo, Mono counties (Sierra Wave)
Kern County gets money for pedestrian safety projects (KGET)
Oregon sues USDOT: Why did you let this awful project go ahead? (Bike Portland)
Smart Growth America takes a deep dive into Biden infrastructure plan
Myths and truths about interstate highways (The Metropole)
Lots of business made huge profits in 2020; Some paid $0 in fed taxes, including Salesforce (SF Chronicle)

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Rendering of a tree-lined street with a red lane on left, bike lane on right

Eagle Rock’s Colorado Boulevard Could Get “Dining, Parking, Walking, Bikes, and a Big Fat Bus”

By Joe Linton | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

Metro is finalizing plans for its 18-mile long North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit project

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

Santa Cruz still pondering plan for electric passenger rail (Mass Transit Magazine)
Costa Mesa seeks feedback on pedestrian hazards (LA Times)
Time to get rid of diesel back-up generators (CalMatters)
Newsom asked for a bill to ban fracking, may get much more than that (LA Times)
Biden’s infrastructure bill addresses inequality (Politico)
The plan only meets part of the huge need (Urban Wire)
How it could affect California’s high-speed rail (Mercury News)
Will people actually “go back” to mass transit?? (Autoblog)
It’s an “uphill task” to get Americans to switch to trains and buses, says the Business Times
Can Biden change our car-loving habits??? (New York Times)
Hot Cars asks whether a tax credit could ever get people out of cars and onto e-bikes
How the infrastructure plan could pass (Vox)

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Talking Headways Podcast: What Makes an ‘Age-Friendly’ Place?

By Jeff Wood | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

Talking to AARP about how every city can become more age-friendly, how the pandemic is affecting older Americans, and how we can think more holistically about aging in place.

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