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Caltrans State Bike and Ped Plan Listens in Los Angeles

By Joe Linton | May 10, 2016 | 1 Comment

Caltrans is hosting a series of meetings around the state to get input on the California State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan (CSBPP). The plan kicked off last year and is expected to be completed and approved by Caltrans management in early 2017. The plan’s goals are ambitious: by 2020, triple bicycling and double walking. Unlike most local […]

Beall Proposal Tries To End California Transportation Funding Stalemate

By Melanie Curry | Apr 28, 2016 | 1 Comment

Last year, Governor Brown called a “Special Session” to prod the California legislature to find solutions to what seemed an intractable problem: how to fund transportation needs in the state. Some bills were introduced, some hearings were held, but the biggest result of all the ballyhoo is a confirmation that the problem is, indeed, intractable. […]

California Legislative Update: Bikes, Transit, Environmental Justice, More

By Melanie Curry | Apr 22, 2016 | 3 Comments

Today is the deadline to pass any policy bills that have a fiscal impact out of all California legislative committees, so the last two weeks have seen a flurry of long hearings. Here’s a quick recap of pertinent bills. BIKES Riding side-by-side is okay: Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) has a bill, A.B. 2509, that […]

Statewide Transportation Plan: Are We Doing Enough?

By Melanie Curry | Mar 23, 2016 | 6 Comments

The California Transportation Plan 2040 is nearing its final draft. Caltrans will accept public comments on it through Tuesday, March 29. The plan represents the first attempt to combine and reconcile a range of existing policies, rules, and regulations that address issues like climate change and equity in transportation planning. Its recommendations are advisory, not mandatory, […]

SoCal Government Coalition Wants to Keep Planning for Cars

By Melanie Curry | Mar 14, 2016 | 19 Comments

SCAG sent a last-minute letter attempting to delay progressive updates to California’s outdated environmental standards.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 […]

CalBike Proposes Rebate Program for the Ultimate ZEV

By Melanie Curry | Feb 17, 2016 | 4 Comments

What vehicle produces no emissions, uses no fossil fuels, is easily maintained, costs little, gets you where you want to go quickly, and improves your health? Well, obviously, a bicycle. So why doesn’t the California Air Resources Board (ARB), which is spending millions of dollars on incentives and rebates to get people to buy zero-emission […]

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