Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Today’s Headlines

Have you read the report on climate change yet? (IPCC) Smart Growth America releases updated Dangerous By Design report on pedestrian deaths CARB’s emission reduction plan is wimpy (CalMatters) San Mateo County makes free youth transit pass permanent (Mass Transit) Millions awarded for transit funding throughout state (Progressive Railroading) BART hires a hawk to solve […]

Enjoying the heat? Climate change is here (IPCC) The Ojai Valley’s climate was perfect for citrus, but not anymore (Food & Environment Network) Uber broke laws, duped police, and secretly lobbied government (Guardian) Cruise autopilot cars “regularly” lose contact with servers, jamming traffic and trapping drivers (Wired) Consistent regional wayfinding may be coming to Bay […]

How’s that air quality? Climate change looms (IPCC) Federal DOT proposes a rule to measure on-road emission (Smart Cities Dive) The 710 stub and California’s transit future (Pasadena Star-News) Long Beach begins dismantling the Gerald Desmond Bridge (gCaptain, Spectrum News) State transit grants: Petaluma gets $13 million for a new train station (Mercury News) $33.5 […]

Climate change looms (IPCC) Fresno county wants proposed transportation tax to pay for freeways, reduce transit, bike, walk funding, so city considers other solutions (Fresno Bee) Muni to receive state funding to replace its outdated control system (Mass Transit) Bay Area getting millions for transportation infrastructure (BayLink) CA budget: Better, but still not enough for […]

Climate change is an existential threat (IPCC) It’s making it hard to forecast weather, flooding (AP) See its effects today in Yosemite (SF Chronicle) Rampant wildfires once led to a mass extinction, could happen again (LA Times) Bay Area air quality sucked after 4th of July (SF Chronicle) Cognitive overload: We are letting technology distract […]

Climate change is still urgent (IPCC) We can’t wait any longer to deal with heat waves (Treehugger) High-speed rail opponents hope an inspector general will hamstring the program (CalMatters) HSR in Central Valley guaranteed with bond funds (Construction Dive) $300 million to plan for moving train tracks off Del Mar bluffs (Del Mar Times) Bay […]