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Week Without Driving Day 2: Where the Sidewalk Ends

A week after I bought my house in Santa Rosa I read in the local newspaper that the city was planning to install a flashing crosswalk on Montgomery Drive

October 2, 2024

Week without Driving Day 1: Adventures on an E-Trike

Our friend Abby takes on the Week Without Driving. Check out her e-trike adventures on Day 1.

October 1, 2024

Ding! Governor Vetos Bill That Would Have Required Alert for Speeding Drivers

“If the Governor knew what it felt like to wake up each day without your child because of a speeding driver, he wouldn’t have hesitated for a single moment to sign this bill,”

September 30, 2024

My Favorite Bay Area Bridge Is The Coliseum BART Pedestrian Bridge

But the bridge offers connections in a more human sense as well. If you’ve ever walked the bridge before an A’s game, you know the shared excitement as you approach the stadium.

September 30, 2024

Governor Newsom Signs Complete Streets Bill

Finally! State law will require Caltrans to plan and build a transportation system for everyone who uses California roads.

September 27, 2024

Governor Newsom Signs Three Bills Restricting Oil and Gas Wells Near People

Three new laws will help protect people living near oil and gas facilities, and one overrides a court decision blocking local control over gas wells.

September 26, 2024

Public Access to Yosemite: Comment on Draft Plan for a Few More Days

The National Park Service is winding up a two-year planning process, and will accept public comment on its proposed Visitor Access Management Plan until September 30.

September 26, 2024

The Challenge: A Week Without Driving

Streetsblog boardmember Abby Arnold pledges to go without driving for a week, and to tell Streetsblog readers all about it

September 24, 2024

Legislative Update: Ending Harmful Road Widening, and Redefining “Major Transit Stops”

No road widening requirement for infill housing developments, and refining the definition of a "major transit stop"

September 23, 2024

It’s Park(ing) Day Again!

Nineteen years after Park(ing) Day was first launched to get people rethink how we use street space, parklets are common enough that they are no longer shocking or even surprising. But Park(ing) Day still has something to teach.

September 20, 2024