De Young Says JFK Drive Closure Harms Attendance. Its Neighbors Don’t Have This Problem
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The Academy of Sciences and nearby gardens have all seen visitors return to near pre-COVID levels. So what’s not adding up?
Return to Sender: Postal Service Backtracks on Gas-Powered Truck Purchase
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The United States Postal Service — under fire from environmental groups — is no longer moving ahead with a plan to almost entirely replace its aging delivery fleet with gas-fueled trucks.
STREETFILMS: Regardez Ces Pistes Impressionnantes Cyclables Parisiennes!
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Clarence Eckerson of our sister site, Streetfilms, went to Paris ... and all you got was a stunning three-minute video that reminds you how bad New York City bike lanes are compared to the City of Light.
Four Factors Driving the Bus Operator Shortage (And What to Do About Them)
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Bus driver shortages are undermining transit agencies' efforts to recover from the pandemic. Here's what can be done.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Climate change should be top priority in every action (IPCC)
- CA wetlands are burning, and we’re pouring scarce water into them (SF Chronicle)
- California is losing its trees (SF Chronicle)
- We’re poisoning our beaches (Voice of San Diego)
- LA looks to electrify its entire fleet, including street cleaners, construction vehicles (GovTech)
- Stockton is working to make it safer to walk to school (Recordnet)
- Transit agencies try ambassadors to improve rider safety (Next City)
- There’s still a long way to go to increase diversity at state transportation agencies (Route Fifty)
- Most U.S. cities plan to use infrastructure aid on roads and bridges (Bloomberg)
- Trucker industry hopes to delay enforcement of AB5 (Transport Topics)
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Where Is California’s E-Bike Incentive Program? Part 2
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The California Air Resources Board was supposed to launch the program by July 1, but has not yet chosen an administrator
Metro’s 60 Freeway Ramps Expansion Project in Hacienda Heights Is on Hold
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Metro deemed the Hacienda Heights SR-60/7th Avenue project beneficial to drivers and not too bad to adjacent residents, but if and when the project gets going, construction could come very close to homes.
Page Street “Neighborhood Way” Project Mysteriously Put on Hold
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Has another street safety project been sabotaged?
Why Pedestrian-Unfriendly Cities Have Fewer Car Crashes Per Mile
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Car-dominated Phoenix actually experiences fewer car crashes per mile than Vision Zero leaders like San Francisco and New York — but the real takeaway is that city leaders could use that next-gen safety data to make human-scaled streets safer for everyone, not just drivers.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Climate change is heating up the world (IPCC)
- Europe is burning up, with only a small rise in global temperature so far (Evening Standard)
- Desperate to escape the heat, people will add to the problem (CNN)
- Plastic grass is trash (The Guardian)
- This tech to streamline traffic signals is GONNA SAVE US ALL, by golly! (NBCLA)
- Another PR campaign will improve traffic safety, for sure this time (Bakersfield)
- LA’s newest bridge is all about cars, with bikes as an afterthought (LAist)
- What Colorado is learning from its e-bike data (Route Fifty)
- Crossing the country on the California Zephyr (NY Times)
- Monterey-Salinas Transit gets grant to help fund a new busway (Mass Transit)
- We’ve pushed our unhoused residents out to the desert (The Guardian)
- This website helps tenants fight evictions (CaMatters)
- Cryptomining uses a disturbing amount of energy (and for what?) (Grist)
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What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate
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Federal regulators want local governments to track transportation sector emissions — but they can't do much to force communities to reduce those emissions, never mind doing so in ways that would address the other damages of car dependency, experts say.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Climate change is heating up everywhere (IPCC)
- Especially, at the moment, in Europe (AP News)
- Democrat Adam Gray benefits from oil industry money (Sludge)
- In Congress, “the economy” trumps climate agenda (CNN)
- Capitalism turns air into a commodity (Socialist Worker)
- Money vs. the environment: there’s still gold in CA hills (Washington Post)
- Did nature catch a break during the pandemic? (NY Times)
- Bakersfield ranked 7th most dangerous U.S. city for walking (Bakersfield.com)
- L.A.’s Crosswalk Collective takes action where the city can’t or won’t (CityWatchLA)
- “Walking billboards” for safety? (YouTube)
- Prioritize housing for people, not cars (LA Times)
- Urbanism for teens on TikTok (Bloomberg)
- Building better bike count models (EurekAlert!)
- A deadly collision again raises questions about police chases (Oaklandside)
- Should cities tax empty homes? (SF Chronicle)
- Details of voter-approved car-data privacy law being drafted – weigh in (CalMatters)
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