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By Damien Newton | Jan 18, 2017 | No Comments

San Diego Wins Funding for Crucial Link Between Bike Paths (Union-Tribune) High Speed Rail Authority Fires Back at L.A. Times About “Misleading Article” (CAHSR Blog) CalEnviro Screen Adds Housing to Metrics for Sustainable Communities (Safe Routes CA) Feds Declare Support for OC Streetcar As Planning Enters Engineering Phase (RT&S) L.A.’s “Bike Lobby” Going After Unfriendly […]

Philadelphia ranked seventh in the nation on the number of jobs accessible to the average resident via transit. Image: University of Minnesota

These U.S. Cities Offer the Best Job Access to Transit Riders

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 10, 2017 | No Comments

How well does your city's transit system connect people to jobs? A new report from the University of Minnesota lays out how many jobs are accessible via transit in major American cities.

Controversial South L.A. Housing Project Heads to City Council Today

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 22, 2016 | No Comments

Putting on Your “Big Boy Pants” v. Putting Together a Good Project “Let me take a minute to applaud Mr. Price for this incredible project,” First District Councilmember Gil Cedillo said as the Planning and Land-Use Management Committee (PLUM) began deliberations on the fate of the billion-dollar luxury residential and hotel project planned for 1933 […]

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Nov 21, 2016 | No Comments

<ul> <li>More protected bike lanes approved in SF (<a href=”http://www.sfbike.org/news/protected-bike-lanes-in-soma-approved/” target=”_blank”>SFBC</a>)</li> <li>Hearst just north of UC Berkeley to get street makeover (<a href=”http://www.dailycal.org/2016/11/17/hearst-avenue-improvement-project-to-begin-in-coming-weeks/” target=”_blank”>Daily Californian</a>)</li> <li>Street realignments in San Jose could improve pedestrian conditions (<a href=”http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/17/realignment-of-meridian-and-fruitdale-intersection-proposed/” target=”_blank”>Mercury News</a>)</li> <li>Mountain View will “study” bike share (<a href=”https://bikesiliconvalley.org/2016/11/mountain-view-votes-for-bike-share-study/” target=”_blank”>Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition</a>)</li> <li>L.A. voters are sick of […]

Cycling Is Getting a Lot Safer in American Cities Adding a Lot of Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 17, 2016 | No Comments

American cities still have a long way to go before they’re considered safe for people of all ages and abilities to bike. But many of them have made a lot of progress recently, especially the ones building protected bike lanes. That’s the takeaway of a recent data project featured in the American Journal of Public […]

#DamienTalks – Is Foothill Transit Haunted? Absolutely. Boo.

By Damien Newton | Oct 31, 2016 | No Comments

Today, #DamienTalks with a bunch of people who claim that they have witnessed paranormal activity in the Foothill Transit executive offices. That’s right, we’re reporting that the major sponsor of this podcast is haunted. Happy Halloween! And thanks to Felicia Friesema for all her work on this podcast as well as our interviewees for being […]

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