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Why Kids Are Suing DOTs for Driving the Climate Crisis

By Kea Wilson | Jun 16, 2022 | No Comments

Hawai'i children and teenagers are suing their state's transportation leaders for the outsized role they've played in the ongoing climate crisis — and if they succeed, their efforts could empower new generations across America to do the same.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Jun 15, 2022 | No Comments

It’s hot, it’s flooding, it’s burning, it’s blowing hard (IPCC)
And the toxic algae is blooming (SF Chronicle)
States are making some progress on climate (League of Conservation Voters)
How many times per day does a car crash into a building? A lot (Slate)
SF Museums plan a ballot initiative to take away SF’s car-free streets (SF Examiner)
Sacramento RT ridership is up (KCRA)
Projects for 2028 Olympics could fuel a transit boom in LA (LA Times)
Company is developing giant drones to move people in and out of LAX (Mass Transit)
Self-driving tractors are coming (SF Chronicle)
EIR released for high-speed rail from San Jose to San Francisco – open for comment until August (Mass Transit)
LA City Council votes to outlaw bikes for homeless (Spectrum News, LA Times)
The long emergency of homelessness (NY Times)
Berkeley and San Francisco consider taxing vacant housing units (SF Chronicle)

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Bikes parked in front of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento

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Legislative Update: Bills Begin to Move Forward Again

By Melanie Curry | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

Committee passes three bills from Senator Wiener: CEQA exemptions for sustainable transportation and student housing, plus the Climate Corporate Accountability Act

Avocado Heights Activists Hitch Horses, Take to Bikes for Toxic Tour

By Chris Greenspon | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

A concerned group of equestrians says any amount of heavy metals in the environment is too much for the San Gabriel Valley’s working class corridor

Study: Black Cyclists Die 4.5x More Often Than White Cyclists

By Kea Wilson | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

Black cyclists are more than four times more likely to die while riding a bike than White ones, a new study finds — and the stats aren't much better for other modes or other racially marginalized groups.

How to Save the Lives of Unhoused Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

A disproportionate number of unhoused pedestrians are being killed in car crashes across America — and protecting this uniquely vulnerable group will require a set of strategies that both include and exceed even the conventional street safety playbook, a new study argues.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

Feeling the heat? (IPCC)
The Clean Air Act is under attack (Science)
Central Valley air district updates clean truck rules, but still relies mostly on incentives (Bakersfield.com)
What we actually need is smart, affordable transportation (Capitol Weekly)
CA okays self-driving taxis, but San Francisco doesn’t want them (SF Examiner)
More on bill to reward “car-light” households (The Center Square)
Will legislators kill bill to divest public pensions from fossil fuels? (Capital and Main)
Legislature passes budget bill, meeting its deadline, but it’s far from finished (CalMatters)
Proponents of tax measure for San Diego airport-transit connection dispute registrar’s claim that it did not qualify for the ballot (Mass Transit)
Amazon almost ready to start testing package delivery via drone (Politico)

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It’s Not Too Early to Join Our Summer Fundraiser

By Damien Newton | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

Any donations we receive between now and the end of August will qualify for the perks and raffles that we’ll be holding throughout the summer.

CicLAvia Is Back! Four Events Announced for 2022

By Joe Linton | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

CicLAvia South L.A., Meet the Hollywoods, Heart of L.A., and South L.A. again! Wooo hoooo!

Why Apple Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Turn a Car Dashboard into an iPhone

By Kea Wilson | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

Apple's new CarPlay dashboard (!) is prompting a conversation about why regulators aren't taking action on "infotainment" systems that induce the very dangerous driving that manufacturers claim will do the opposite.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

Climate change encroaches (IPCC)
Summers are getting hotter (The Guardian)
Residents protest state agency approval of new oil wells (LA Times)
In the olden days, pedestrian deaths were not tolerated (Bloomberg)
Stop spending billions to widen freeways (Daily Breeze)
Some think it’s just gonna be too hard to ban fossil fuel vehicles (Desert Sun)
Draft EIR for high-speed rail into San Francisco released (KRON4, CA High-Speed Rail Authority)
SamTrans buys some electric buses (Electrive)
Card and chip supplies are low, so BART encourages riders to use their phones to pay fares (SF Gate)
For the price of a few tanks of gas, buy an e-bike (Electrek)
Oakland plans to create a rental registry (Mercury News)
San Jose may do away with parking requirements at new housing (East Bay Times)

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Where Are California’s E-bike Incentives?

By Melanie Curry | Jun 9, 2022 | No Comments

Imagine if policymakers took the potential for ebikes seriously. Imagine if legislative analysts noted that ongoing funding for new electric car subsidies could displace funding for more effective mode-shifting and VMT reduction via e-bikes, instead of the other way around.

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