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L.A. Metro Freeway Expansion Negates Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Efforts

By Joe Linton | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

Metro transit/bike/walk initiatives reduce GHG emissions by 2.7 million MTCO2e, while Metro highway expansions would increase emissions by 2.6 million to 10.1 million MTCO2e

A bus stop in Downtown Oakland. Photo: Jenna Fortunati

Open Letter to SFMTA: We Missed the Outreach on MLK/Middle Drive

By Roger Rudick | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

City decides to allow cars on Middle Drive/MLK bike connector but forgets to promote outreach meetings, equity survey

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Talking Headway Podcast: Why Tech Won’t Save Transportation

By Jeff Wood | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

Uber may become more like a conventional taxi service, but it has permanently screwed workers.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

Active transportation bills poised to reach the Governor’s desk (CalBike) Public transit employees were hit hard by COVID (LA Times, SF Chronicle) CAHSRA certifies EIR for northern segment (CAHSRA) More on Bay Area universal transit pass (Mercury News) That deadly Windsor Hills crash was the tip of an iceberg (LA Times) LA Metro looking for […]

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The Controversy Over How to Regulate Wheelchair Service by Uber and Lyft in California

By Prashanth Venkataram and Mollie D’Agostino | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

Unpacking some of the thorny legal details of this dispute, and a discussion of the outstanding questions that the state needs to resolve to advance WAV ride-hailing accessibility.

A new Caltrain set imagined with BART livery. Stadler rendering altered by Clem Tillier

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Op-ed: Seamless Transit Bill Fails — Yet it Succeeds

By Ian Griffiths | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

Like many bills before it, the Seamless Transit Transformation Act has pushed forward change - even though it didn’t become law.

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The Death of the Muscle Car as We Know It Isn’t Necessarily Good News

By Kea Wilson | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

Two of the most notoriously dangerous muscle cars are being retired — but probably just to make room for heavier, bigger, and more dangerous models.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

What the Inflation Reduction Act can do for local climate efforts (Governing) What’s in it for bikes (People for Bikes) One million square feet of L.A. roads are being covered with solar reflective paint (Fast Company) LA Metro approves an ambassador program for transit safety (California Newswire) In San Diego, transit ridership increasing (ABC) Can […]

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Fare Integration Takes One Step Forward, One Step Back

By Roger Rudick | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

The hope is that if a regionwide pass increases ridership without causing transit Armageddon, perhaps individual agencies will stop blocking and delaying real transit integration. Then the goals of S.B. 917 can be achieved via MTC--which is supposed to be the coordinating agency for Bay Area transit--without the legislation.

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Senator Calls on Feds to Mandate ‘Frontover’ Cameras on Huge Cars — But It Won’t Save Enough Lives

By Kea Wilson | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

A Connecticut senator is calling for federal action on megacars that are too big for drivers to see children right in front of them — but not necessarily by making vehicles smaller, which could save lives in other kinds of crashes, too.