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Planners are still hoping that adding an auxiliary lane to this highway will relieve congestion. Source: Cruz511

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California Transportation Commission: S.B. 1 Projects Approved

By Melanie Curry | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

Concerns were raised about continuing to invest in car infrastructure, but project list was approved anyway. Also: S.B. 1 brings economic development, jobs; Active Transportation Program gets some love; Equity Advisory Roundtable is almost full.

By Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz/Yes! Magazine, 2020. For sources see article cited

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California’s Efforts to Reduce Pollution, Greenhouse Gases Are Inextricable from Environmental Justice

By Melanie Curry | Nov 24, 2020 | No Comments

Yes! Magazine offers a short history and explainer for cap-and-trade and its EJ issues

AB 617 Community Air Monitoring Programs within SCAQMD

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A.B. 617: Plans for Monitoring, Improving Local Air Quality Move Along – at a Glacial Pace

By Melanie Curry | Sep 9, 2020 | No Comments

Meetings tomorrow will consider emission reduction plans for Long Beach, San Bernardino, and East L.A. areas.

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What Benefits Telecommuting May Bring Are Still Very Much Unknown

By Melanie Curry | Aug 4, 2020 | No Comments

Guesswork drives most of the speculation about what it might mean if more people work from home

From the California Transit Association's ad campaign in support of financial aid for transit

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CA Transit Association Asks for Help to Stave Off Transit Collapse

By Melanie Curry | Jul 9, 2020 | No Comments

Steep drops in ridership and the elimination of fare payments have caused huge revenue losses, but the need to keep operating buses and trains to get essential workers to their jobs did not diminish.

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

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Evictions Still on Hold, For Now: Judicial and Legislative Moves

By Melanie Curry | Jun 12, 2020 | No Comments

California's Judicial Council declined to lift the temporary eviction moratorium, and a bill was introduced that would codify eviction protections beyond the judicial ban on serving eviction notices.

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Real-Time Data Shows Stay-at-Home Orders May Be Saving Lives in More Ways Than One

By Melanie Curry | Apr 9, 2020 | No Comments

"The Governor’s shelter-in-place order may have provided unexpected reductions in injuries and harm from traffic accidents."

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To Do While Isolating: Write a Letter in Support of the Dutch Reach

By Melanie Curry | Mar 16, 2020 | No Comments

The "Dutch Reach" could prevent doorings, which cause serious injuries and deaths in the U.S. every year

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson at a joint hearing of the Senate Transportation and Judiciary committees.

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Data Needs v. Privacy, Government v. Private Companies: Bike-share and Scooters Have to Answer for it All

By Melanie Curry | Feb 26, 2020 | No Comments

Make no mistake--this conversation is about much more than bike and scooter share

North Berkeley BART station is surrounded by 8.1 acres of publicly-owned land which could be put to better use as housing than car storage. The process of making that happen has begun.

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Housing at Transit: Berkeley Moves to Comply with New State Zoning Law

By Melanie Curry | Dec 12, 2019 | No Comments

Step one: creating a Memorandum of Understanding between BART and Berkeley so they can work together. The MOU will guide Berkeley's accelerated rezoning of these two parcels.

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More Biking Would Bring Huge Health Benefits to California

By Melanie Curry | Nov 12, 2019 | No Comments

Increasing activity levels would reduce health burdens even more than cleaner air or reduced traffic injuries.

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