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This Year’s Ride of Silence Will Be DIY
Every third Wednesday of May, in communities all over the globe, people come together to ride in silence to honor and commemorate cyclists who have been killed on the road. The rides are solemn, sedate, and moving, and this year they will not be done in big groups.
May 19, 2020
San Diego Study: Transit Remains Essential for Essential Workers
Circulate San Diego used census data to determine that many of the people still riding transit are going to and from jobs deemed "essential" under stay-at-home rules
April 23, 2020
Stop Touching Pedestrian “Beg Buttons”
L.A. is actually disconnecting them in some places where a lot of people are walking. Other Californian cities aren't (yet) thinking about them
April 1, 2020
Active Transportation Program Cycle 5 May Fund Quick-Build Projects
Quick-build projects make inexpensive changes to fix safety issues, give drivers, walkers, bicyclists, and wheelchairists the opportunity to experience a street design, and allow cities to gather feedback, collect safety data, and make adjustments. But they don't fit well into the state funding process.
March 6, 2020
CA Congressman Introduces Federal Bill to Fund High-Speed Rail
No guarantees, but it could provide funding for CA's program, if it passes
February 21, 2020
First Bill in Response to Speed Limit Study Includes Small Reform Steps
A.B. 2121 is a very small first step toward reforming California's absurd speed limit laws
February 7, 2020
Wiener Reintroduces Housing-Transit Bill; Some Advocates Shout Him Down
It would be safe to say that most of the people in the crowd in Oakland support more housing, but they are deeply split on tactics for achieving it.
January 7, 2020
California Planners Have Already Been Swapping VMT for LOS
The state's "seismic" shift from measuring congestion to assessing new travel has been a glacial but inexorable change
December 4, 2019
STEP: New State Program Aims for Transportation Equity, Community Building
Cap-and-trade program will fund grants to build community capacity to plan and address local accessibility needs to help lower greenhouse gas emissions
November 20, 2019
Legislative Update: New Laws on Transportation Policy, Funding, Planning
Among the hundreds of new laws signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in the weeks leading up to Sunday's deadline were a few related to transportation.
October 15, 2019