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Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 29, 2022 | No Comments

Climate still needs to be a top priority (IPCC)
CA and other states sue US Postal Service for choosing new gas-powered trucks (Office of Attorney General)
CAHSRA completes environmental work for connection from San Jose to Merced
LA Metro approves North Hollywood-to-Pasadena BRT (LA Times, Daily News)
More on LADOT’s Universal Basic Mobility pilot (Mass Transit)
More on bill to require bike and ped safety in General Plans (Pasadena Now, Planetizen)
How the merger of SacRT and regional transit agencies affects riders (Next City)
Dual legislative efforts to fund CA school transportation advance (School Transportation News)
San Luis Obispo hopes to get federal money for its top priorities, including another freeway lane (New Times SLO)
CA Senate releases proposal for direct relief to Californians
- They see a giant surplus (AP)
- But LAO warns that it’s a bubble
Transportation California argues against pausing the gas tax (Capitol Weekly)
Racial disparities on Covid endure as restrictions ease (AP)
A YIMBY victory in San Francisco (KQED)

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Adonia Lugo speaking in 2010 at the first CicLAvia open streets festival. Photo by CicLAvia

Governor Newsom Appoints Transportation Equity Leader Dr. Adonia Lugo to CA Transportation Commission

By Joe Linton and Melanie Curry | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments

Lugo is a longtime transportation equity advocate, a professor at Antioch University Los Angeles - instrumental in the Untokening and CicLAvia

Crosswalk Collective L.A. Posts Instructions for DIY Crosswalks

By Joe Linton | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments

Crosswalk Collective L.A.'s "How to Paint a Crosswalk" includes materials, costs, selecting an intersection, and step-by-step instructions - "for educational purposes only"

Advocates: It’s Time To Tell NHTSA to Make Cars Safer For Walkers

By Mike McGinn | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments

For the first time in U.S. history, federal regulators are taking steps to help ensure vehicles are safer for those outside cars. Here are a few important aspects of this complex issue and how you can comment.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments

Climate crisis still urgent, still not a priority (IPCC)
- It would cost too much [sic] to limit offshore drilling (LA Times)
- CARB opts for less expensive over fastest “roadmap to clean energy” (CalMatters)
Bill would shut down Aliso Canyon gas storage facility (Daily News)
Newsom proposes funding to cap abandoned oil wells statewide (Daily News)
SF Supes make car-free road through Golden Gate Park permanent (SF Examiner)
City of San Diego apologizes for bike lanes (CBS)
Bay Area Bike Champions of the Year announced (Bay Area Metro)
Antioch to build a “bicycle garden” for learning to ride (Mercury News)
Scooters in London: What they’re like, what they’re not (The Guardian)
Sales of e-bikes outpacing electric car sales in U.S. (Bicycling)

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

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Bill Would Require Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety in General Plans

By Melanie Curry | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

Bay Area Seamless Transit bill also among bill passed by Senate Transportation Committee

Hurrah for J.F.K. Promenade Forever!

By Roger Rudick | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

Tearing down the Embarcadero freeway, preventing freeway expansion--add car-free J.F.K. to the list of San Francisco accomplishments in developing a safer, less-polluting city

Freeway Fighters Across the U.S. Are Joining Forces — And They Want You

By Kea Wilson | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

America's midcentury freeway revolts never really stopped — and now, the advocates behind them are joining forces to create what may be the largest organized national effort to prioritize communities over highways yet.

Steal this Idea: Denver Offering Rebates on E-Bike Purchases

By Eve Kessler | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

Colorado is high ... on getting e-bikes into the hands of drivers.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

Climate crisis continues (IPCC)
Newsom’s ploy on the gas tax worked: legislature knew it was unhelpful, and he gets to say “I tried” (Politico)
Cutting gas taxes doesn’t work (Governing)
But Republicans get a chance to grandstand on the issue (CA Senate Republicans)
And Newsom’s “rebate” for drivers is still a terrible idea (Times of San Diego)
South LA to pilot a Universal Basic Mobility program (Los Angeles Daily News)
- Including transit, bike-share, electric car share, and free transit passes (LA Times)
The gulf between who rides and who decides on transit (Transit Center)
Why CA rail projects fall behind and go over budget (Construction Dive)
We use sand and gravel at phenomenal, unsustainable rates (The Guardian)
LA and Long Beach ports will deploy 100 electric trucks (Transport Topics)
Driver gets a bit of jail time for horrific hit-and-run (Daily Bulletin)

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Commentary: Say “No Way” to More Delay on J.F.K.

By Roger Rudick | Apr 26, 2022 | No Comments

Regardless of whether someone drives, rides transit, bikes, or walks to the park, no visitor should ever be endangered by a selfish, entitled minority of wealthy motorists who prefer to use the park as a freeway.

Should Cities Train Their Own Transportation Advocates?

By Streetsblog Editors | Apr 26, 2022 | No Comments

On this week's podcast, we explore why it's so hard to get a new crosswalk — for both the citizen and the transportation professional at the other end of the request.

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