How to Get Bike Lanes, Sidewalks, Crosswalks into Caltrans Projects in Your Town
| | No Comments
CTC workshop will discuss the 2022 SHOPP process and gather input on how to best engage advocates, planners, and district staff.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about GJEL1
California Prepares to Shift Planning Focus from Car Delay to Induced Travel
| | No Comments
Starting July 1, the California Environmental Quality Act will require projects in California to account for how many new miles of automobile travel they produce, rather than how much congestion they contribute
Tackling Transportation Emissions in California–or Ignoring Them
| | No Comments
Two California Senate committees, Transportation and Environmental Quality, held a hearing yesterday to talk about "Putting the Brakes on California's Rising Transportation Emissions."
Walk SF Urges Public to Push for Strong Recommendations on Setting Speed Limits
| | No Comments
Zero Fatalities Task Force report due soon, but since it has been meeting in closed-door sessions it's anyone's guess what its recommendations will be
The Battle for the Richmond Bridge Bike Path
| | No Comments
At long last, Saturday will see the opening of the Richmond San Rafael Bridge bike path. By some counts, the fight for the path has gone on for close to fifty years.
Newsom’s Executive Order on Transportation Funding and Climate Goals
| | 8 Comments
For the first time, California's top leader is calling for transportation funding to align with state goals on climate and the environment, and to help people cut back on driving
Federal EPA Tries a Catch-22: California Air Is So Bad, No Highway Money
| | No Comments
It's true that the state's planning for meeting Clean Air Act targets needs to improve, but does this EPA care about that?
Independent Truck Drivers Have a Hard Time Complying with State Clean Air and Climate Rules
| | 2 Comments
Owner-operators face high costs, relatively low wages, and the burden of compliance when they are not part of a larger fleet
How Some Groups Use Street Story to Improve Their Communities
| | No Comments
Yesterday's webinar highlighted how two areas, Bakersfield and Humboldt County, are already using and benefiting from this online reporting tool.
The Effect of Electric Vehicles on California Transportation Funding
| | 1 Comment
The assumption has been that increased adoption of electric vehicles is a threat to transportation revenue since drivers of those vehicles don't pay gas taxes. But S.B. 1 seems to have solved that.
Listen and Learn: A Tool for California Residents to Track Street Safety
| | 1 Comment
Webinar tomorrow, Wednesday, will introduce UC Berkeley SafeTREC's Street Story and show people how to report safety hazards