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California Has to Stop Building Freeways. Now.

"People aren't used to thinking of freeways as fossil fuel infrastructure, but they are." And once built, there's no going back, no making up for the extra driving by trying to convince people that a bus or train might be a better choice - we're stuck with it.

September 26, 2023

Caltrans Explains Why VMT – Vehicle Miles Traveled – Is Such a Concern

And then turns around and says: oh, but new freight truck traffic induced by new highway capacity doesn't count! Really, Caltrans?

September 22, 2023

Op-Ed: Why Is Fare Evasion Punished More Severely than Speeding?

A.B. 819 offers California the opportunity to decriminalize fare evasion and replace punitive measures with more equitable approaches.

September 21, 2023

Caltrans “Shakeup” Is a Bad Sign

Why was one of Caltrans' most staunch advocates for sanity within Caltrans "reassigned"?

September 19, 2023

LAPD Officer Punched 60-year-old Black Man in Chest, Collapsed His Lung during December Arrest

Chief Moore told the Police Commission that Earl Roots had been hospitalized "due to a complaint of having asthma."

September 14, 2023

Report: Cars Are Undermining Our Privacy, Even If We Don’t Drive

Vehicle technology spying on our most intimate details — and there's pretty much no escaping it.

September 14, 2023

CA Legislature Passes Speed Camera Bill

Now it's up to Governor Newsom to sign it

September 13, 2023

Carbon Emissions Disclosure Bill Is Headed to the Governor

The California legislature passed a bill today that would require all large corporations that do business in California to measure and publicly report their carbon emissions.

September 12, 2023

Take CalBike’s Survey about Complete Streets (and Incomplete Ones)

The California Bicycle Coalition is asking for your help with its research on Complete Streets on Caltrans highways, many of which double as local streets.

September 11, 2023