Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about induced demand

Planners are still hoping that adding an auxiliary lane to this highway will relieve congestion. Source: Cruz511

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California Transportation Commission: S.B. 1 Projects Approved

By Melanie Curry | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

Concerns were raised about continuing to invest in car infrastructure, but project list was approved anyway. Also: S.B. 1 brings economic development, jobs; Active Transportation Program gets some love; Equity Advisory Roundtable is almost full.

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SPUR Talk: Does California Need a Statewide Clean Air Measure?

By Roger Rudick | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

After all, pollution doesn't always stay in one region

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The Real Reason Drivers Are Convinced They Can’t Do Without Cars

By Kea Wilson | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

Drivers value their access to a private vehicle more than three times as much during the pandemic as they did before COVID-19. But we can change that.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

Done right, automated traffic enforcement can alleviate bias (Smart Cities Dive) CA environmental groups object to idea of CARB chair Mary Nichols heading up US EPA (KQED) Politico profiles Nichols How environmental justice can return to US EPA (High Country News) Toxic pollution from tires may be killing salmon (SF Chronicle) Biden could ensure all […]

Op-Ed: Pros and Cons of the California Public Utility Commission Decision to Deploy Automated Vehicles

By Mollie D’Agostino and Prashanth Venkataram | Dec 3, 2020 | No Comments

New regulations bring California a few steps closer to realizing the sustainable, equitable, and safe transition to an automated vehicle future, but there are caveats.

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By Streetsblog Editors | Dec 3, 2020 | No Comments

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Gateway Cities Council of Governments Staff Critical of Metro Highway Program Flexibility Proposal

By Joe Linton | Dec 3, 2020 | No Comments

Gateway Cities Council of Government staff are calling "to maintain the integrity of freeway... plans." Elected Gateway Cities leadership may have more multimodal ideas.

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Commentary: Electrify California’s Trains Now

By Roger Rudick | Dec 3, 2020 | No Comments

We've got crews out stringing wire already. It's time to take it up a notch.

Distracted Driving Photo: Vivian Nguyen/Flickr

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Distracted Driving Skyrocketing During the Pandemic

By Kea Wilson | Dec 3, 2020 | No Comments

A new study finds that a shocking 27 percent of all drivers were using their cell phones within 60 seconds of impact — and transportation safety leaders are doing almost nothing to stop it, despite a preponderance of proven strategies.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Dec 3, 2020 | No Comments

Humboldt still wants to widen Hwy 101 despite threat to old growth redwoods (SF Chronicle) LA approves plans for a so-called “green city” at Warner Center in SFV (LA Times) Parking lot in San Diego turned into a pedestrian plaza (San Diego Union Tribune) Marin County affordable housing project approved under SB 35 rules (Bay […]