Eyes On The Street: Newly Protected Bike Lanes on Venice Boulevard
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LADOT upgraded 0.7 miles of existing Venice Boulevard bike lanes between La Cienega Boulevard and National Boulevard - with plans to extend protection further west this winter
How Surging Pickup and SUV Sales Are Undermining Carbon Reductions From EVs
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In spite of rapidly growing sales, EVs have not yet measurably cut carbon. The reason why? A lack of meaningful regulations around megacars.
Advocates Hope D.C.’s Proposed Right-On-Red Ban Will Inspire National Reform
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The nation's capital is poised to become the second major city in the United States to repeal a dangerous law that allowed drivers to make right turns at red lights — and some advocates believe other communities are overdue to follow.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- More free transit on Clean Air Day (North County Transit District)
- Cal-ITP Benefits site helps transit riders find, link discounts to debit, credit cards (Mass Transit)
- Report shows some progress, and lack of progress, in integrating Bay Area transit (Patch)
- Report on rail project progress around the world (Eno Center for Transportation)
- That free shipping is not actually free at all (Sierra Club)
- Pro-housing group sues three Inland Empire cities for not adopting housing plans (Daily Bulletin)
- SF voters consider a tax on empty homes (SF Public Press)
- CA is first state to eliminate parking requirements, but cities across the nation are also doing so (Costar)
- Get ahead of flying taxis, warn planners (SmartCitiesDive)
- New equity concerns with autonomous vehicles (Route Fifty)
- France bans short in-country flights (Railway Technology)
- California’s rural climate deniers are wasting time and money (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Two Bus Rapid Transit Concepts Announced from SGV’s Transit Feasibility Study
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An extensive east-west BRT route has been imagined for Valley Blvd, and a shorter one for Rosemead Blvd, but numerous other transit improvements were included too, with connections to colleges and train stations.
Eyes on the Promenade: Art on Golden Gate Park’s Newest Public Space
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Remember, to preserve the Promenade and make the park more accessible to all, Yes on Measure J, Yes on Measure N, No on Measure I.
Streetfilms: Paris Kicks New York’s Ass as a Biking Capital
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People have been visiting Paris for centuries for the food, the wine, the museums, the cheese and even the snails, but when New Yorkers head to the City of Light these days, all they see are the bike lanes.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- October 5 is Clean Air Day
- which means free rides on LA Metro (The Source)
- and free rides for the whole week on SacRT (Fox40)
- EV good, e-bike better, e-cargo bike best (Clean Technica)
- It’s time to prioritize moving people over moving cars (Earth Island)
- Roseville Transit gets grant to electrify its fleet (City of Roseville)
- A first look at Caltrain’s electric trains (Mass Transit)
- Caltrans wants to raise Highway 37 to adapt to rising sea level (Marin Independent Journal)
- Oil company tries to buy McKittrick, a town in the Central Valley (KGET)
- The developer perspective on new law eliminating parking minimums near transit (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
- Berkeley was the first one to talk about it (Berkeleyside)
- Tackling affordability in Berkeley (Lincoln Institute)
- The stress of paying rent while going to school is intense (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Study: ‘Pedestrian Delivery Robots’ Have a Lot of the Same Challenges As … Pedestrians
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Sidewalk delivery robots struggle to get around U.S. cities for many of the same reasons as human pedestrians, a new study finds — but that's not the only reason why the emerging technology might struggle to deliver on its car-cutting promises without careful planning.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Transit is in serious trouble (Eno Center for Transportation)
- The Bay Area transit map is an unholy mess (SF Chronicle)
- SANDAG leaders say they won’t use a “road charge” to pay for transportation plan (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Grant allows LA Community College students to ride transit for free (LA Times)
- Chilling video of a child almost run over in a crosswalk is all over media, but few note the inadequate police response (Autoblog)
- Chico to get a couple of crosswalk improvements (Enterprise-Record)
- San Jose police are using pedestrian decoys to catch, cite dangerous drivers (ABC7)
- Drivers are killing San Diego pedestrians; Newscasters offer “safety tips for pedestrians” (Fox 5)
- More on new California parking law as a win for climate and housing (LA Times, Bloomberg)
- Research: Carbon offsets for Northern California forests are based on lies (Lost Coast Output)
- Do tiny homes for homeless people help? (Mercury News)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Celebrating a Big Win for the Climate, Housing, and Rational Planning: Newsom Signs Parking Bill
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A.B. 2097 is a "no-brainer" climate bill - now law- that will prohibit cities from setting a minimum parking requirement on developments near transit.