Roundup: Grants; Climate Research; New Community Resilience Program
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Opportunities to weigh in on climate and community priorities, and money to support Clean Air Day events
New Bike and Ped Path over Corte Madera Creek
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Some bike love in Larkspur
Talking Headways Podcast: Walking with Pedestrian Dignity
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What's it like to walk across America? It can be beautiful — but also assaultive.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Climate change is raising temperatures (IPCC)
- Heat is deadlier than people realize (Outside)
- UCLA is tracking heat waves
- U.N.: Governments are choosing economics over everything else, with dread consequences for humans (Grist)
- Meanwhile emissions are very costly to the global economy (Washington Post)
- Air regulators created a system to let industry pollute more (Capital & Main)
- Three public representatives on Central Valley air district advisory committee resign in protest over inaction (Fresno Bee)
- Racial justice, pedestrian safety concerns fuel jaywalking debates (Pew)
- E-bikes are changing the way people ride – and planning should keep up (BikePortland)
- Appeals court could revive Uber suit against CA employment law (Reuters)
- CA should stop expanding freeways, here’s why (California Bicycle Coalition)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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Rail-to-Rail Bike/Walk Path Breaks Ground on Slauson
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Construction was to have begun in 2018, but the community had been waiting for something to happen there for much longer than that.
Op-ed: Bumpy Road Ahead for Oakland Streets
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Deaths on Oakland roads are soaring, road safety funds are drying up, and approved repaving and road safety projects could be delayed by years.
Today’s Headlines
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- Urban heat islands strain the energy grid (Bloomberg)
- Analyzing pedestrian fatalities (Planetizen)
- Bad street design leads to racial disparities in pedestrian deaths (ABC)
- What “bad street design” means (Smart Growth America)
- USDOT’s new rule on measuring emissions is a small step (Route Fifty, Transportation for America)
- Fresno’s Measure C, emphasizing roads over transit, moves closer to the ballot (Mass Transit)
- A single map to “unify” all Bay Area transit is in the works (Local News Matters)
- Sonoma County will host its pilot (Press Democrat)
- A well-supported ride highlights lack of safe routes for bikes, walking in rural CA (Transportation for America)
- Uber drivers: We told you! (The Guardian)
- NHTSA to EV owners: no, you cannot pick your own warning sounds (The Verge)
- How AARP is making cities better for everybody (Fast Company)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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Caltrans’ Plan for Making Complete Streets a Priority
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The department's Complete Streets Action plan is basically a list of specific actions to be taken by Caltrans to encourage the shift towards equitable and safer transportation that it says it is embracing.
CEO Wiggins Pledges to Restore Metro Ridership to Pre-COVID Levels by July 2023
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Data shows Metro system struggling to restore service and build ridership
Dede Wilsey Buys Ballot Measure to Return Cars to JFK
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Dow Chemical heiress wrote $200,000 check to gather signatures for astroturf campaign
The Real Scandal Buried in the Uber Leak
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The Uber leak revealed the ruthless quest the company undertook to achieve its car-dependent vision for the future of city transportation — but that vision itself deserves just as much censure as the app-taxi giant's bare-knuckle tactics, advocates say.
Bad Road Design Is Stoking the U.S. Pedestrian Death Crisis
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States that built streets for speed over safety experienced big fatality jumps even as driving diminished during the pandemic.