Op-Ed: A.B. 43 Would Let Cities Set Safer Speed Limits
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Current speed limit rules reward those that travel fastest, regardless of safety
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about People
Extension of Road User Charge Pilot Will Consider Efficiency and Equity
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Among the many, many bills recently signed by Governor Newsom is S.B. 339, an extension of a pilot program to test a road-user charge as a way to fund transportation. The idea is that drivers would pay a per-mile fee, thus theoretically paying a fair share of road maintenance needs. That is, those who drive […]
Assemblymember Friedman Announces Funding for L.A. River Bike/Ped Projects
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Friedman was one of the electeds leading the charge to turn down $7 billion for green transportation statewide - then went to the press to celebrate $15 million for green transportation in her district
Feds Prep $10 Billion More for High-Speed Rail
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And anti-HSR legislator Anthony Rendon goes on NBC Bay Area to defend his moves to try and kill the project
In Their Own Words: Rendon and Friedman’s Changing Rationales For Kneecapping CA High-Speed Rail
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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.
There Is a Lot at Stake in Recall Election: Don’t Sit This One Out
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A new governor -- any new governor -- could further muck up things that are already mucked up