Head of California Air Resources Board Takes to Twitter to Teach the History of Smog
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We've been down this road before.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about GJEL2
AARP Announces Challenge Grant Winners: Five Are in California
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Chula Vista, West Sacramento, Long Beach, San Francisco, and City Heights are the California recipients of AARP's 2018 Community Challenge Grant for quick projects that improve communities.
Californians Must Drive Less, Says ARB at Historic First Joint Meeting with CTC
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No matter how many low carbon fuels or zero emission vehicles California deploys, it won't be enough—we must drive less, say experts at the Air Resources Board. Will the commissioners hear the message?
Gas Tax Repeal Would Be a Disaster, Say Cities
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Cities, counties, and transit agencies say that S.B. 1, for the first time, gives them a reliable funding stream for maintenance and repair.
June 2018 Election Round-Up
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Good news on several state measures that impact livability. Bad news on a Southern California recall that could be a proxy for a push to repeal the state's recent gas tax increase
Happy Bike to Work Day (in the Bay Area)
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For your pleasure, photos of bike celebrations
New “Sacramento Morning Express” Delivers Early Morning Travelers to the Capital
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The new train service is expected to stimulate ridership in the San Joaquin Valley and offer travelers with business in the capital an alternative to driving.
Caltrans District 4 Releases the First Comprehensive District-Level Bike Plan
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The Bay Area region's bike plan focuses on the state highway network, which frequently forms the spine of city main streets throughout the region.
San Joaquin County Bike, Ped Projects Get Money from Local Sales Tax Measure
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SJCOG awarded funds for 21 projects in San Joaquin County, including off-street bike paths, on-street bike lanes, signaled bike routes, cycletracks, sidewalks, crosswalks, pedestrian crossing beacons, and several studies.
Public Weighs in on Proposed CEQA VMT/LOS Changes
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Not many people attended the hearing, but those who spoke up were pretty consistent in their feedback: don't exempt transportation projects from measuring how many vehicle miles they will encourage.
San Jose Becomes Fourth California City to Adopt VMT as Metric for Traffic Impacts
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The South Bay city joins Pasadena, San Francisco, and Oakland in moving away from a focus on vehicle delay and towards induced car trips to measure of environmental impacts of development.