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In Kern County, residents sue to stop a freeway (Court House News) Palm Springs residents freak out because there’s “not enough parking” in planned development (Desert Sun) San Joaquin Clean Transportation Center opens; will focus on electric vehicles (Next-Gen Transportation) California rejects VW’s diesel car recall plan (SF Chronicle) For high-speed rail, moving utilities out […]

More coverage of resignation of SF Bike Coalition executive director (SFist) (KQED) Maybe the Expo Line hasn’t reduced nearby congestion, but it’s done plenty more (Planetizen) ICYMI: Report says Berkeley has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions (San Jose Mercury News) Smog declined last year in Southern California (KPCC) What if cycling became even more popular? […]

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition executive director Noah Budnick steps down (SFBC) This Friday, ride bike-share for free in the Bay Area (preregistration required) (Bay Area Bike Share) Supervisor calls for hearing on removing Muni overhead wires for Super Bowl party (Examiner) The myth of “no public funding” for new Raiders, Warriors projects (San Francisco Business […]

Active transportation planning in the Greater San Diego area has been uneven the past several years. Advocates have sued to stop the long-term regional plan passed by the San Diego Area Governments (SANDAG) because it focuses too much on building carpool and variable toll lanes and not enough on active transportation to meet the state’s greenhouse gas […]

This week we talk to Mike Lydon of The Street Plans Collaborative and co-author of the recent book Tactical Urbanism. Based on his experience with tactical urbanism, Mike says you know an idea has “made it” when it gets co-opted for things that don’t fit the actual definition. We also discuss how to take a small planning idea and […]

A provision in the House GOP’s new transportation bill threatens to upend how transit agencies fund major capital projects, delaying or killing efforts to expand and maintain rail and bus networks. The Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act (STRR), released Tuesday and marked up in committee yesterday, would change funding rules for the three federal programs […]