Asm Patterson Blows Hot Air on “Highway Capacity Increase”
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As California is figuring out how to put the brakes on its habit of expanding highways everywhere, the pushback over long-planned "legacy" projects has begun.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about GJEL3
CalBike Asks for Your Help Getting E-Bike Bill Through the State Assembly
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CalBike asks members, bicyclists, and environmentalists to sign e-petition.
Governor Newsom Proposes $500M Bump to Active Transportation
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It's not the $2B requested by the CA Transportation Commission and advocates, and it's not even near what he proposes for litter cleanup, but it would help
Bill Would Eliminate Problematic Minimum Parking Requirements
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Among the unintended consequences of minimum parking requirements are: more driving, more traffic, more delays for everyone including transit, longer distances between destinations, more fuel use and emissions, more difficulty and danger for people who are not in cars, and much higher housing costs.
Bay Area Begins to Roll Out E-Bike Incentives Under Clean Cars 4 All
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Income- and zip-code qualifying households in the Bay Area can exchange an old gas guzzler for an electric cargo bike, or several e-bikes and transit passes; other regions will also eventually launch their programs
CA Bill Would Ban New Fracking Permits and Phase Out the Practice
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It also takes up the unfinished arguments around the state about buffers around active oil wells near homes and schools
Environmental Justice Members Resign from CARB Task Force on Carbon Offsets
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Task force is about to issue a report recommending ways to expand the problematic but profitable offsets program. Advocates wanted to focus on ways to make it work for the climate and environment.
Steven Cliff, from California Air Resources Board, Appointed Acting Head of National Highway and Traffic Safety
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It's a strategic move that sends the unequivocal message that the new President is committed to incorporating environmental concerns in every corner of federal policy making.
Untrashing the Planet, One Corner at a Time
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Cleaning up means working together, but also just getting out there with gloves and bags and picking up the trash.
Two New Transportation Leaders in California Legislature
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Assembly Speaker Rendon surprises observers by replacing Jim Frazier with Laura Friedman; Senate President Atkins appoints Lena Gonzalez to chair left empty by departure of Jim Beall.
Governor Newsom Appoints New Chair to Air Resources Board
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His choice is current CPUC commissioner Liane Randolph.
A Quick Look at the Biden-Harris Clean Energy Plan, and its California Connections
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Policy recommendations advise replicating some of California's best programs, but time is precious.