Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Today’s Headlines

Newsom signed a climate package, but what about that parking bill? (Fresno Bee) Why electric vehicles won’t break the grid (Scientific American) Federal funding will help CA add electric charging along highways (CA Energy Commission) The Hummer EV is an environmental disaster (Fast Company) E-bikes are fun, useful, planet-friendly transport (Earth 911) SF Chronicle reporters […]

California could choose housing over parking (if Governor Newsom signs the bill) (Slate) Why jaywalking laws should be abolished (Traffic Technology Today) Newsom signs climate bills (The Hill, Epoch Times) New law will accelerate transition to zero emission buses (PR Newswire) Highway boondoggles (OC Register prefers to call them “transportation boondoggles”) waste money Jurors can […]

Curb space is valuable, and startups are noticing (Bloomberg) Newsom vetoes bill to create statewide student transit pass program (LAist) School traffic is the worst – give the kids transit passes (LA Times) The push for federal e-bike subsidies is not over (Bicycle Retailer) How the railroad strike was averted (LA Times) In Japan, drivers […]

Devastating coastal algae bloom is “like a wildfire in the water” (High Country News) Particulate matter is a killer, and almost half of it comes from transportation (Treehugger) Railroad strike averted (AP) Why workers threatened to strike (Mother Jones) Switching to electric cars is nowhere near enough (LA Times) It took a long time, and […]

Maybe gas-powered cars did us all a favor (California Planning & Development Report) Newsom signs bill targeting harassment in public spaces, on transit (Axios) Ferry service is expensive to run (East Bay Times) Yuba-Sutter transit launches ‘top-to-bottom” study to improve service (Mass Transit) BART standardizes schedules, improves connections (Patch) San Diego transit to waive fares […]

Bus stops need shade (LA Times) The problems with SF Muni’s new Central Subway (Mission Local) BART’s next 50 years? (Mass Transit) Center bikes in transportation of the future (NextCity) USPIRG documents unnecessary, wasteful highway projects around the country (PIRG) There’s no driving test for self-driving cars in CA (The Verge) CA has been enforcing […]