State Bill to Take Away Bike Lane on RSR Bridge for Cars Tries to Hide its Intent
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Pretending that adding a car lane could bring social and environmental justice for people stuck in traffic jams is just an ugly lie
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Green Bike lanes
Board Extends Metro’s Problematic Transit Policing Contract for Three More Years
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Metro currently pays about $150 million per year for its multi-agency policing contract with LAPD, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, and Long Beach Police Department
Enghouse Transportation Offers a Primer on Automated Fare Collection
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"Open-loop" contactless fare payment systems offer tremendous benefits for riders and transit agencies alike.
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Blinks on Safe Valencia
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Advocates give up the fight for Dutch-style protected bike lanes on Valencia. They're making a huge mistake.
Biden’s Electric Vehicle Charging Initiative Is Simply Not Going to Solve America’s Car or Climate Problem
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President Biden's plan to build a multi-billion dollar network of charging hubs for electric vehicles is misguided, advocates say, because whether the cars are running on fossil fuels or electricity, our nation cannot drive its way out of the climate crisis.
Today’s Headlines
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Dire new IPCC report on climate is a “final warning” to act before it is too late (The Guardian) Could Big Oil be sued for climate deaths, especially since they knowingly lied to the public for years? (E&E News) Instead of climate, CA legislature focuses on quickly passing a bill on gas prices (LA Times) […]
What’s Different About the New Federal E-Bike Credit Proposal
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A popular proposal for a federal e-bike credit is back in front of Congress — and this time, supporters have hard proof of concept that it will be the emissions-slashing, congestion-cutting, mode-shifting tool that Americans deserve.
Talking Headways Podcast: Fixing Mobility as a Service
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We chat with David Hensher about the failures of the "Mobility as a Service" concept, which proposed to reduce emissions but uniting disparate transportation modes under a single service.
Today’s Headlines
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Dire new IPCC report on climate summarized by Earth Negotiations Bulletin Oil profit penalty strategy passes first test (CalMatters, Sacramento Bee) Every Oakland city council member names road safety as a budget priority (Oaklandside) Federal e-bike tax incentive proposal is back (Bicycling) Much more work needs doing to shift from cars (GovTech) The planet can […]
Metro Poised to Waste $8 Million More on Costly ‘Metro Micro’ MicroTransit Pilot
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Metro board: please just pull the plug on micro-effective Metro Micro this month. Don't keep throwing bad money after bad money.
A Deep Dive Into Center-Running Bike Lanes, a Known Infrastructure Failure
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In 2016, urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of the Copenhagenize blog, wrote a great post he shouldn't have had to write in the first place, explaining why center-running bike lanes are dangerous and stupid. Given the recent push to repeat this failed design on Valencia, Streetsblog decided to run it here.