Making it Easier to Get to Transit via Walking, Bicycling
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Encouraging people to opt for a "first-mile/last-mile" connection via active, zero emission modes requires integration of policies, plans, designs, and funding
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about GJEL2
State Grants Awarded for Active Transportation, Sustainable Communities
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There are, as always, far more projects applying than there is money for. A complete list of projects here.
High-Speed Rail Authority Updates Plan to Finish Central Valley Segment
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The annual update on progress and planning for the California High-Speed Rail program includes more precise estimates of costs and an outside analysis of the program's feasibility.
Caltrans Releases Parklet Permit Guidance
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It is now possible to build a parklet on a state highway--under certain circumstances.
Newsom Offers Details on Proposal to Spur More Housing
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Would potentially link transportation funding to housing production
Lyft Announces $700,000 Investment in Oakland Transportation Options
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The money will fund a bike lending library and community-led planning on bike-share deployment and affordable transportation options in East Oakland
Autonomous Vehicles Could Make Life Amazing and Easy, or Truly Awful
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It depends on who you are--and whether government policy gets out ahead of the technology
At Last, New Rules Are Final: Car Delay Is (Sometimes) NOT an Environmental Impact
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After more than five years of discussion and delay—and long after the construction of the stadium it was attached to—S.B. 743's rules on measuring environmental impacts from transportation have been adopted
What Should Governor-elect Newsom’s Transportation Priorities Be?
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Advocates for safe streets and sustainable communities offer a platform
Driverless Cars Are Coming to Silicon Valley
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DMV regulations on them are sparse.
Street Story: A New Way to Collect and Share Data about Street Safety
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Street Story, launching today, aims make it easy for advocacy groups and planning agencies to collect and analyze information about pedestrian and bicyclist safety, while improving community engagement.
San Diego Transit Board Approves New Housing Policy for its Parking Lots
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The Board will encourage its underutilized parking lots to be developed for affordable housing, accepting recommendations from a recent report by CirculateSD