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Activists Urge L.A. City to Expand Project Roomkey Via Unlimited Federal Funds

By Joe Linton | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

FEMA is offering 100 percent reimbursement, but L.A. City is having difficulty finding up-front funding to use hotels as homes for unhoused neighbors

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Azuza Walks Begins Development of Citywide Pedestrian Master Plan

By Kristopher Fortin | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

Azusa Walks will provide an overview of the pedestrian travel network in the city, identify barriers, and provide options to improve conditions that will encourage walking such as sidewalks and crosswalk improvements.

Bikes parked in front of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento

Legislative Update: Transit Boards, High-Speed Rail, New Agencies

By Melanie Curry | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

Continuing our very early look at upcoming California bills

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Commentary: Time for a Tint?

By Roger Rudick | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

SFMTA and OakDOT need to up their game when it comes to bike lane markings and go with a more durable solution

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REPORT: Increase in Death Rate in 2020 Highest One-Year Spike in Almost a Century

By Kea Wilson | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

Total annual mileage dropped about 13 percent during the pandemic, meaning that the one-year increase in the death rate was the highest since 1924.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

Save the Date! Bike to Wherever Day is moving back to May (21, 2021) (Daily Republic) Transit agencies looking to develop their real estate (Fast Company) Car and motorcycle companies are now making e-bikes (NY Times) Including a “ridiculously priced” one from Porsche (The Verge) Petaluma’s ban on new gas stations might be the first […]

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Opinion: To Improve Public Transit, Elected Officials Need to Ride the Bus

By Josh Cohen | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

While local officials debate the best ways to improve their respective transit systems, the truth is that most of them lack a real-world perception of their own local transit systems.

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Talking Headways Podcast: City Legibility and Wayfinding

By Jeff Wood | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

A podcast on why it's important to sometimes get lost.

cars parked to left of a bike lane, curb on right

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Two Dozen Upcoming L.A. County Walk/Bike Projects Funded

By Joe Linton | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

Metro Measure M Active Transportation grants, and CA Transportation Commission Active Transportation Program grants

two bike riders walk their bikes in a crosswalk

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Dutch Roundabout Round Two: Mission Bay

By Roger Rudick | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

After reading about compromises on the Presidio's Dutch-style roundabout, one advocate wants to make sure San Francisco gets it right this time