Digging a Little Deeper Into Metro’s FY23-24 Proposed Highway Budget
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Metro shuffles budget items around, which obscures how much its freeway expansion budget is increasing
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about blight
How to Reframe the Narrative About Car Dependency
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On today's episode of The Brake, host Kea Wilson brings you an extended interview with Grant Ennis, author of Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Harms Our Health and the Environment. Listen now.
Vision Zero Under the Microscope: Why Aren’t Road Fatalities at 0 Yet?
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Washington D.C. has failed to bring down road fatalities because its Vision Zero program is hampered by limited infrastructure improvements, low funding and inconsistent oversight, part one of a new report reveals.
Call to Action: Help Build a Better Valencia Street
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Only 13 percent of people supported abandoning the Dutch-style plan in favor of center-running in last year's SFMTA outreach. Decades of Dutch and Danish planning experience shows center-running doesn't work. But the city forges ahead despite public opinion and international best practices. Join a growing chorus and tell the city to stop gaslighting cyclists and build for safety, not parking.
Today’s Headlines
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Speed cameras reduce speeds (CBC) Reducing speeds increases safety (IIHS) It’s not the bike lane’s fault that you’re a bad driver (Jalopnik) 1.3 million people die in U.S. traffic every year (Washington Post) Newsom signs bill to investigate gas price gouging (Governor’s Press Office, CalMatters Spectrum) Can California end corporate greenwashing? (LA Times) Bay Area […]
Eyes on the Street: Newly Protected Venice Boulevard Bike Lane
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Venice Boulevard has long been a popular place to bike, LADOT is improving several miles by adding parking-protection to existing bike lanes
Bike/Walk Laws ‘Arrest’ the Mobility of Black Americans: Study
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Black pedestrians, bicyclists and micromobility users are subjected to a far wider array of dangerous laws than many sustainable transportation advocates may realize, a new report finds — and repealing them alone is not enough to guarantee them the freedom of mobility they need and deserve.
Guest Commentary: Berkeley Needs Student Housing
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Don't let CEQA harm our university system by blocking much-needed housing
Today’s Headlines
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Transit in crisis, and how to save it (Vox) FTA announces disaster relief funding for transit (Planetizen) LA Daily News searches for reasons why LA Metro rail plans were not funded by the state “Clean Air Conversations” will focus on transit (Pasadena Now) Legislature passes bill to investigate oil price gouging with alacrity (LA Times, […]
San Fernando Breaks Ground on New Pacoima Wash Walk/Bike Path
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The initial 1.4-mile Pacoima Wash project will extends along the east side of the wash, and includes a new bike/walk bridge, native landscaping, fencing, lighting, and watershed features.
New Tool Maps Sidewalks From the Sky — And Encourage Cities to Fill The Gaps
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Cities across America will soon be able to easily map their pedestrian infrastructure using the power of artificial intelligence — and challenge them to have a long overdue conversation about why those networks have such an acceptable number of gaps. Now there are no excuses.