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L.A. Transpo Committee Moves to Implement Speed Limits, Bus Lane Cameras, Slow Streets

By Joe Linton | Nov 3, 2021 | No Comments

L.A. could very soon see: reduced speed limits, on-bus cameras automatically enforcing no-parking in bus lanes, and more Slow Streets being made permanent

The Richmond–San Rafael Bridge. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Update on Possible Richmond-San Rafael Bike Closure

By Roger Rudick | Oct 21, 2021 | No Comments

Sometimes even when advocates win, they can't win. The lane may stay--but the approaches might be closed

Process Begins to Make Car-Free J.F.K. Permanent

By Roger Rudick | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

Will the eastern half of J.F.K. Drive remain car free? That's the question behind a new outreach effort, launched Tuesday by SFMTA and Rec and Park, to determine what people want the future of Golden Gate Park to look like

Caltrans Planning Three Complete Streets Projects in L.A. County

By Joe Linton | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

Caltrans is planning nearly $5 million worth of L.A. County complete streets improvements - on Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica Boulevard, Alvarado Street, Glendale Boulevard, and Western Avenue

California High-Speed Rail's San Joaquin River Viaduct under construction - photo from CAHSRA

In Their Own Words: Rendon and Friedman’s Changing Rationales For Kneecapping CA High-Speed Rail

By Joe Linton | Sep 8, 2021 | No Comments

None of this will come as a surprise to readers following CA High-Speed Rail closely, but this perhaps serves to dispel a few of the myths and falsehoods that obscure rail realities today.

Dashed Bike Lanes: Better Than Nothing, or Total Trash?

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2021 | No Comments

Are they a pragmatic, better-than-nothing approach on streets where stripping parking is seen as a nonstarter. Or are they a depressing capitulation to car culture?

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