Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Damien Talks

Last week, activists from around California and the rest of the country gathered in Washington, D.C. for the national bike summit. During the summit, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) was honored for the “best winning campaign” of the past year for its work on getting the City of Los Angeles to pass and approve […]

Two for the price of one! Today #DamienTalks with a pair of Southern California bicycle advocates, BikeSD’s Samantha Ollinger and the Bicycle Culture Institute’s Nona Varnado. First, #DamienTalks with Ollinger about the exciting plans for Downtown San Diego. The City Council will vote next week on a plan to add 9.3 miles of protected bikeways […]

Today, #DamienTalks with Jeanie Ward-Waller, the Streetsie Award-Winning activist with CalBike about a proposal to provide rebates for people purchasing bicycles for their commutes. The Air Resources Board already provides rebates to those purchasing hybrid, low-emission and zero-emission vehicles. So why not provide the same benefit to those purchasing bicycles — the ultimate zero-emission vehicle? […]

Today, #DamienTalks with Hasan Ikharta, the executive director of the Southern California Association of Governments about the pilot program that could be the second step in replacing the state’s gas tax with a vehicle miles traveled tax. Last week, the state announced it was looking for 5,000 drivers to participate in a pilot program to […]

This week #DamienTalks with Jessica Meaney, a longtime friend of Streetsblog and the founder of the Los Angeles based Investing In Place. Meaney has been a leading fighter for equity in transportation planning and funding by mode, by geographic need and by economic need. Today we focus on Meaney’s efforts to insure that any future […]

Welcome back to #DamienTalks! Today we’re broadcasting our first episode for 2016 on Streetsblog California (we posted a local episode on Streetsblog Los Angeles yesterday). Today, Damien Talks to the most familiar of faces and voices, SBCAL editor Melanie Curry. Anyone that missed last week’s report on Governor Brown’s proposed state budget must listen to this episode, […]