Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about gjel

The fries you ordered with that meal will taste even better when delivered in this giant vehicle, with no driver aboard.

DMV to Allow Testing of Autonomous “Light-Duty” Trucks on CA Roads

By Melanie Curry | Dec 18, 2019 | No Comments

By their reckoning, "light-duty" means anything up to 10,000 pounds. Five tons. No one behind the wheel. Delivering pizza.

Air Quality Board Member Rides a Bike to Meeting. Why Is this Newsworthy?

By Melanie Curry | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

Or, put another way: why don't more public agency directors and staff, especially those working on climate and air quality issues, use - or encourage - active transportation?

California stands out for its "nonattainment" areas, as well as for the high number of monitoring stations. Image from Recent Increases in Air Pollution:
Evidence and Implications for Mortality by Karen Clay
and Nicholas Z. Muller

Air Quality in U.S. – Especially in California – Is Getting Worse

By Melanie Curry | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments

Researchers found evidence that increased use of natural gas and vehicle fuels are contributing to worsening air quality. Wildfires are a factor, but don't explain the increase.

Image from UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies report on transit ridership.

CTC Transportation Forum: Resiliency and Transit

By Melanie Curry | Jul 31, 2019 | 2 Comments

The climate crisis is messing with transportation planning and engineering, and transit agencies are learning to adopt electric vehicles while ridership falls