New Tool Makes it Easy to Estimate Added Travel from New Highway Lanes
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Research on California highways shows that adding highway lanes induces more travel; this tool shows how much, on which roads, where.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR)
At Last, New Rules Are Final: Car Delay Is (Sometimes) NOT an Environmental Impact
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After more than five years of discussion and delay—and long after the construction of the stadium it was attached to—S.B. 743's rules on measuring environmental impacts from transportation have been adopted
State Releases Guidelines for Autonomous Vehicles
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California Governor's Office of Planning and Research wrote a set of principles to guide government agencies thinking about a future full of autonomous vehicles
Legislative Update: Bills Supporting More, Fairer, and Infill Housing
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Bills that make changes to the way regions set and enforce housing allocations, that expand exemptions from the California Environmental quality Act, and that affirm fair housing rules.
California Releases Grim Climate Change Assessment
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Average temperatures in California will continue to rise, sea levels will go up, and snowpack will shrink, affecting the availability of water for all uses.
SoCal Government Coalition Wants to Keep Planning for Cars
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SCAG sent a last-minute letter attempting to delay progressive updates to California’s outdated environmental standards. In the letter [PDF], Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)—the regional transportation planning organization for much of southern California—requested exemptions for highway expansion projects and freight corridors from proposed state rules that could show their true environmental impact in a […]