Legislative Update: Current Status of Bicycle/Pedestrian Bills
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"Suspense Day" is over and many of the bills Streetsblog is tracking have moved on to a floor vote.
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Commentary: State Density Bonus Threatens Progressive Parking Policies
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At $120,000 per space, using luxury parking to subsidize affordable housing undermines planning for compact development centered on green mobility. It’s tantamount to gentrification by parking.
Talking Headways Podcast: A ‘Communities First’ Infrastructure Alliance
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Why this is an important moment for infrastructure equity.
Today’s Headlines
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Today is Bike to Wherever Day in the Bay Area (Bay Link) How to get started biking (Wired) Berkeley to test out scooter rentals (Berkeleyside) Santa Rosa, too! (Local News) EV registrations are rising (USA Today) Climate change is a problem to deal with (IPCC) CA Transportation Commission allocates money to transportation projects (GoldRushCam) Florida […]
Bill to Prohibit Building Freeways through Sensitive Communities Moves to Assembly Floor
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The bill would prohibit Caltrans from using state resources on any project, or on permitting any project, that does not meet certain criteria measured by the California Healthy Places Index.
Walk Against the Machine – Monterey Park Activists Oppose Traffic Lane Expansion
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A plan to take away parking lanes on Monterey Park’s iconic Garvey Avenue hasn’t been getting very far. Could it be reshaped into a multi-modal project?
New Website Puts Faces to Traffic Violence Numbers
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Mapping the tragedy of San Francisco's streets
An Interstate Across America — For Everyone Besides Drivers — Would Pay for Itself in No Time
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A continuous cross-continental active transportation trail would pay for itself in less than five years in visitor spending alone, a new analysis argues — and it could have a big impact on the car-free transportation landscape in the communities it runs through, too.
Cracking the Code on Fighting Highway Expansion Projects
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"Treme and the 7th Ward, like many neighborhoods across the country, are saddled with an aging, unsafe, polluting piece of highway infrastructure. We have to do something about it."
Today’s Headlines
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San Diego celebrates Bike to Work day today (San Diego Union Tribune) How to be a car-free bike-riding fun-haver in Los Angeles (LA Times) We’ve come a long way: BART loves bikes Active transportation bills to watch in CA this week (CalBike) Another CA bill to provide more school buses (KCRA) For years, Uber and […]
Metro Committee Expected to Vote to Not Build Lower 710 Freeway Widening Project
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Metro and Caltrans plan to formally reset their 710 Freeway corridor plans by approving the 'No Build' alternative, as the new Locally Preferred Alternative for their 710 Environmental Document, reversing a 2018 approval of a freeway widening alternative.