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Fix the State Law That Criminalizes Pedestrians

By Joe Linton | Apr 30, 2015 | No Comments

In his insightful article “Struggling student a victim of high fines and misdemeanors,” Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez clearly lays out the human cost of so-called “jaywalking” tickets. SBLA includes “jaywalking” in quotes because the term was invented by the auto lobby last century to re-frame how people think about street safety. The column […]

Texas DOT Is Planning to Tear Down a Highway — Seriously

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 24, 2015 | No Comments

This may be the best evidence yet that attitudes about transportation are beginning to change in Texas’s major cities. As part of a plan to redesign and reroute Interstate 45 in the heart of Houston, TxDOT — that’s right, the Texas Department of Transportation — is proposing to tear down a short segment of the […]

Listen to NRDC’s New Serial: California’s Transportation Transformation

By Amanda Eaken | Apr 16, 2015 | 2 Comments

This was originally posted at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s staff blog. In a state struggling with infrastructure costs, furiously figuring out how we can pay for road maintenance, and working towards achieving ambitious climate goals that require a reduction in car travel…we’re still building more roads. Slowly but surely, that is starting to change. […]

Streetsblog Retains BlankSlate to Strengthen Our Bottom Line

By Ben Fried | Apr 14, 2015 | No Comments

Earlier this year, I wrote about the imperative for Streetsblog to generate more revenue from our website. With so many unsold impressions, ads were a clear opportunity to put Streetsblog’s sizable reach to use strengthening our bottom line. Today I’m pleased to announce that we’ve retained BlankSlate to help us sell ads and make good on that […]

Tea Party Group Rallies Against HOT Lanes in Inland Empire/San Bernardino

By Damien Newton | Apr 9, 2015 | 6 Comments

Even as the state begins backpedaling on the need to continually widen highways and increase traffic capacity, a political flareup in San Bernardino highlights just how hard it can be to advance sane transportation policy at a statewide level in a place as big as California. Led by former candidate for Fontana City Council Tressy Capps […]

Evaluators Sought for Active Transportation Program Applications

By Melanie Curry | Apr 8, 2015 | 1 Comment

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) is seeking to expand its team of volunteers that will help evaluate and score applications for the second round of Active Transportation Program (ATP) funding. Last summer, the ATP received over 770 applications for programs and projects aiming to encourage bicycling and walking, and CTC staff anticipate receiving a similar […]

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