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
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about induced demand
United Caltrans Tenants Oppose State Legislation on Home Sales
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"Unlike Caltrans, local governments have an interest in preventing evictions and making successful sales to tenants because these are their constituents," explains Timothy Ivison with UCT.
Advocates Continue Push for Integrated Transit
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A rational, universal fare structure and coordinated schedules that put the customer first? Sounds great--but how do you do it?
Federal Bill Would Help Measure Transportation Access for Non-Drivers
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A new bill would give U.S. communities money to analyze how easy — or difficult — it is for residents to access the destinations they need most, and how their mode of transportation, race, income, age, disability, and other factors that impact their basic mobility.
Today’s Headlines
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Bike advocate who opposes Stop-as-Yield bill because a biking friend was killed may have twisted her story (Biking in LA) California clean fuel standards sparks renewable gas boom in Midwest (Energy News Network) Why can’t/don’t politicians ride bikes? (Outside) Money to clean up trash by freeways, good, but let’s do something about generating all that […]
Head of Caltrans Says Time to Pause Current 710 Freeway Expansion
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Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin: "We're in a place right now where we want to put an absolute pause on this [710 Freeway] project in the format that it's currently in."
Study: Cycling Rates Low Unless Women Are Riding
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Around the world, cities that do the best job of catering to the needs of women cyclists also have the highest level of cycling overall, a new study finds — and the U.S. has among the lowest share of female riders on the planet.
Supervisor’s Comparison of Car-Free JFK to Jim Crow Is “Offensive”
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Trying to stop motorists from using a park as a freeway isn't comparable to segregation. Supervisor Shamann Walton is either ignorant or intentionally misleading on an indefensible position
Today’s Headlines
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Instead of bus-only lanes, SFMTA approves temporary HOV lanes through town (Mass Transit) Lafayette City Council approves plan for mid-street bike and pedestrian path (Patch) Randal O’Toole is wrong about high-speed rail (Pedestrian Observations) Las Vegas needs a rail connection to SoCal (Las Vegas Sun) Uber, Lyft want state subsidies to meet EV mandates (Reuters) […]
San Diego Making “Modest But Real” Gains on Vision Zero Goal
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In 2020, the pandemic resulted in a steep decline in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injuries in San Diego. Despite the decline in severe injuries and fatalities, harm to bicyclists and pedestrians remained high, with 27 bicycle and pedestrian fatalities and 58 serious injuries.