Meetings Set for Statewide Bike and Pedestrian Plan Feedback
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Meetings are set for Northern, Southern, and Central California, all with webinar components, so you can add your voice to the draft bicycle and pedestrian plan.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Caltrans
Draft CA Statewide Bike and Pedestrian Plan Ready for Public Comment
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This statewide bike and pedestrian plan should also rightfully serve as the underpinning for local and regional bike and pedestrian plans, and for that reason alone needs to be a strong statement about the relevance and importance of encouraging these active modes of transportation.
CalBike: Make it Easier to Build Good, Safe Streets for People
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Caltrans guidelines still prioritize the movement of cars over the safety of other users, despite other state efforts to address the problem. The California Bicycle Coalition is asking the department to update its guidance.
Caltrans Fills Sustainability Director Post: Congratulations Ellen Greenberg
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Many months after its Deputy Director for Sustainability, Steven Cliff, went back to work for the Air Resources Board, Caltrans has hired a replacement for this key post. New hire Ellen Greenberg comes with impeccable credentials, having worked as a planner in both public sector and private sector jobs. She worked most recently at Arup, […]
Caltrans Asks for Local Bicycle/Pedestrian Count Data
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Caltrans’ Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Branch has been working with SafeTREC, UC Berkeley’s Safe Transportation Research and Education Center, on a couple of projects to increase safety. The researchers are asking for locally collected data on the number of pedestrians and bicycles using state highways and local arterials roads. The counts will be used to […]
Caltrans Is Looking for a New Transportation Planning Division Chief
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Long-time Caltrans planning chief Katie Benouar is retiring, so there’s a job opening up at the top of the transportation planning division. Given Caltrans’ recent upper level shifts in focus from a “highway department” to one that focuses, or tries to focus, on all transportation users—even bikes—this is a key position. It needs someone who […]