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A Tragic Story, Used to Oppose Stop-as-Yield Bill on Safety Grounds, May Not Be True
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A "safety advocate" rewrote the story of her friend's tragic death and has been using it to bolster for her personal "safety" agenda.
Kevin de León Asks Metro to Delay Eagle Rock Bus Project, Wants More Meetings
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Councilmember de León is seeking an alternative "maintaining two through lanes" for drivers - and asking Metro to hold a series of well-advertised in-person meetings.
Can the MUTCD Catch Up with the New Mobility Revolution?
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Sure, amending the MUTCD is long overdue. But it's also time to set strong standards that go beyond actual street signage and into the digital realm, advocates say.
Podcast: Saving COVID’s Car-Free Streets
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If there's been a silver lining to the COVID crisis, it's certainly that for the first time some space between buildings has been wrestled away from the all-but exclusive use of motorists. The Cool Solution podcast did a great piece about a few of the scrappy activists
Today’s Headlines
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We need a holistic traffic model that includes all our goals (The Urbanist) Newsom proposes huge budget (Bloomberg) Including money for high-speed rail (KTLA) Why do American planners like California’s parking minimums? (Slate) Minneapolis eliminates parking requirements (Star Tribune) Uber, Lyft drivers get pay cuts under Prop 22 (Guardian) Definition of “equity” is elusive (Eno […]
Governor Newsom Proposes $500M Bump to Active Transportation
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It's not the $2B requested by the CA Transportation Commission and advocates, and it's not even near what he proposes for litter cleanup, but it would help