Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Walking

artist rendering of people walking, biking along curb-protected bike lane, with bus

Reseda Boulevard Is Getting a Three-Mile Safety Upgrade

By Joe Linton | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments

In Reseda and Northridge, Reseda Boulevard improvements will include new trees, bus boarding islands, bioswales, lighting, repaired sidewalks, resurfaced street, and a continuous protected bike lane

car with crumpled front end leaning into broken utility pole

Road Fatality Rates Reach Highest Level in 15 Years

By Kea Wilson | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments

It's official: walkers who ventured outdoors during COVID-19 lockdowns had a greater chance of being killed on our autocentric roads than any time in the past 15 years despite historic declines in driving.

two fake pedestrians, one on side of busy road, one in road being hit by car

Advocates to Chao: First ‘Pedestrian Safety Month’ Must Be More Than Just a Press Release

By Kea Wilson | Oct 1, 2020 | No Comments

A coalition of transportation safety and consumer groups is urging Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to push for laws aimed at decreasing the pedestrian death toll on America's roadways, which reached a 30-year high of 6,590 last year.

Walking, biking, and transit are the most energy efficient and non-polluting forms of travel, but they need support and encouragement. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Bold Action Is Needed; This Executive Order Is Not That

By Melanie Curry | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments

Governor Newsom's executive order calling for cleaner transportation only hints at the most important way to reduce transportation emissions and make life in California better: by encouraging and supporting walking, biking, and transit.

Eyes on the Street: Elysian Valley River Bridge Making Visible Progress

By Joe Linton | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

The new Elysian Valley walk/bike bridge box-frame nearly complete and spanning from bank to bank. The project is anticipated to be complete in 2021.

Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Right of Way’ with Angie Schmitt

By Jeff Wood | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments

Schmitt, the former editor of Streetsblog USA, talks with us about why she wrote the book and what she hopes folks can take away from it.

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