The Internal Combustion Car Did Us a Favor
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Thank the conventional car. It was just awful enough, at just the right moment, to inspire a revolution in land use regulation.
Bus/Bike Brief Updates: Third Street, Griffith Park, Sepulveda Blvd, Venice Blvd
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3rd Street protected lanes, Griffith Park upgrades, Sepulveda Blvd bus lane, and a call to support Venice Blvd bus/bike improvements
Streetsblog Thanks Bike East Bay’s Dave Campbell
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As Bike East Bay's advocacy director pedals into the sunset, Streetsblog wants to say thanks and wish him well.
Study: Some Roundabout Designs Slash Injury Crashes Up to 85%
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A Indiana city famous for roundabouts was able to cut injury-causing traffic crashes by as much as 84 percent at intersections outfitted with the circular design, a new study finds.
Four Reasons Not to Celebrate NHTSA’s New Fatality Numbers
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News dropped yesterday that the number of people dying in motor vehicles across the country went down slightly during the first half of 2022 — but don't start celebrating.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Storymap: A tale of 3 cities and their active transportation journeys (Toole Design)
- CARB director: 2035 is the “sweet spot” between need to decrease emissions and industry capability (Reuters)
- Reading into Newsom’s veto messages: is an economic downturn coming? (Cal Matters)
- LA City Council approves contract for new transit shelters (Spectrum News)
- Sacramento Regional Transit has a library train (ABC10)
- Nah, Ford: a phone alert won’t stop car crashes (Vice)
- Here comes… minimobility? (McKinsey)
- Google’s plan for 15,000 housing units in Silicon Valley (Surface Magazine)
- How to build a (functional) concrete bike (DesignBoom)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Alhambra Locals Sound Off on Dangers for Kids Walking on Fremont Ave
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The Sustainable SGV Coalition brought residents together for a brainstorm to make walking to Fremont Elementary safer for students
Long Beach’s Beach Streets Returns – Open Thread
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Yesterday's Beach Streets route took place in the eastern portion of Long Beach, from the north end of Cal State University Long Beach to Spring Street
SFMTA Re-Proposes Ridiculous Center-Running Valencia Bike Lanes
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It's the old Valencia bait-in-switch.
Would a Car-Light City Really Be Quiet?
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This week on our podcast, we talk with noise researcher Dr. Erica Walker, who says we're missing a critical conversation about how unique communities experience their local soundscapes, both in the streets and beyond.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Newsom signed a climate package, but what about that parking bill? (Fresno Bee)
- Why electric vehicles won’t break the grid (Scientific American)
- Federal funding will help CA add electric charging along highways (CA Energy Commission)
- The Hummer EV is an environmental disaster (Fast Company)
- E-bikes are fun, useful, planet-friendly transport (Earth 911)
- SF Chronicle reporters plan to ride all 27 Bay Area transit agencies in a day, if they can (link without paywall) (Mass Transit)
- Nonprofit plans a shuttle into Angeles Forest trailheads (Mass Transit)
- Meeting soon on North San Fernando Valley transit corridor project (The Source)
- Pasadena City Council finalizes transportation wish list for Metro (Pasadena Now)
- Pasadena transportation commission to consider pedestrian plan this week (Pasadena Now)
- One quarter of US adults suffer from transportation insecurity (Washington Center for Equitable Growth)
- Transit agencies having trouble hiring enough drivers (SmartCitiesDive)
- Washington DC plans to ban right turns on red, implement Idaho Stop (Washingtonian)
- U.S. climate advisor: a paradigm shift is taking place (NY Times)
- Composting your dead self (now legal in CA) is way better for the planet than cremation (The Guardian, LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Mayor Garcetti Supports Dodgers Gondola, Disses Project Skeptics
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This week's Metro committee debate about the Dodgers Stadium gondola pitted outgoing Mayor Eric Garcetti against incoming City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez