Eyes on the Street: Rosewood’s New Diverter Crossing
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Cyclists and pedestrians can now safely cross La Brea at Rosewood. Drivers get a right turn only.
Streetsblog Editorial: Don’t Leave Bike Share Customers Spinning
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New branding, lawsuits, pleas from Muni's union--let's think first about transit, bike, and scooter customers who just want to get where they're going
Richmond Bridge Wins Award for Encouraging Future Traffic Increases
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A plan to widen the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge somehow won an award for easing congestion even though it is certain to increase traffic.
Today’s Headlines
|- To fight traffic congestion, invest in bikes and mass transit (Curbed)
- Bike-share in Bay Area rebrands, starts bringing back e-bikes (Fast Company)
- Uber’s plan for flying taxis won’t need new aviation laws, say Uber execs (Smart Cities Dive)
- Could CA repeal constitutional barrier to affordable housing? (Bay City Beacon)
- San Diego’s transit chief says MTS vision does not conflict with SANDAG’s long-term regional plans (Voice of San Diego)
- Stop wringing your hands about climate change and just do what needs doing (Vice)
- Looking forward to connecting the Bay Trail over the Richmond Bridge (ABC7)
- Federal bill would prevent FHWA from taking back some transportation funding (The Reporter)
- Bike-share is a good investment for communities (Topeka Capital-Journal)
- PG&E bankruptcy could imperil plan for 100% clean energy (Sacramento Bee)
- California struggles with what to do about plastic (SF Chronicle)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Eyes on the Street: West Portal Transit-Only Lane Pilot
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It's early, but so far it's hard to believe city is really trying to make this work, given the meager implementation and total lack of enforcement
Vancouver Builds a Better Bike Lane
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The Pacific Rim city is trying to be an Amsterdam of the Americas. Here's how it's leading.
Today’s Headlines
|- Bay Area heat is hard on everyone, including BART (SF Chronicle)
- Bike lanes need to be for everyone (Fast Company)
- Should public transit fares be abolished? (Urbanist)
- 25 years after Speed, bus speeds in L.A. are quite a bit slower than 50 mph (Transfers)
- Google is making lots of money from local news (via advertising) while local outlets are dying (support your local newspaper) (New York Times)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation calls scooter bill A.B. 1112 a “privacy” bill–even though it does nothing to prevent collection of trip data
- More about Lyft suing S.F. over bike-share (Curbed)
- Do young people have a constitutional right to protection from climate change? White House says no, but court case proceeds. Slowly. (NY Times)
- Why Oregon’s cap-and-trade matters to California (CALmatters)
- Making a case for carbon offsets (Phys.org)
- Court reverses ruling that blocked Keystone Pipeline (KTVQ)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Emergency Fund Drive Goals Met Thanks to You!
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Despite losing a grant, Streetsblog is secure for at least another year thanks to your support
Councilmember Blumenfield Celebrates New Bike Lanes on Winnetka Avenue
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New Winnetka Avenue bike lanes connect existing lanes to L.A. River path, Orange Line path, and Pierce College
Caltrain Unswayed by Pleas for Secure Bike Space on New Fleet
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Railroad will not increase the number of bike cars on electric fleet
MIT Study: High Fares Limit Low-Income Households’ Mobility
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More evidence that discounted transit fare for low-income households offer significant benefits to those households without necessarily contributing to peak-hour crowding.
The Magic of Red Painted Bus Lanes
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More cities should be using this inexpensive and effective tool to speed bus service already.