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How Our Obsession with Cars Has Driven Us Apart

By Colin Anderson | Mar 22, 2022 | No Comments

Transportation by private car fails the city socially, while transit’s built-in opportunities for contact and cooperation are tools we desperately need to leverage in order to learn how to live together again.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Mar 22, 2022 | No Comments

Climate change is still a problem (IPCC)
Securities and Exchange Commission considers requiring companies to report climate risks (Grist)
Torrance gets $6.2 million for transit electrification, charging (Daily Breeze)
Taking a ride with a BART operator (Mass Transit)
Women pay more for transportation than men (Route Fifty)
Caltrans Director Omishakin moves up (Post News Group)
Chevron workers strike for higher pay (SF Chronicle)
Podcast: A deep dive into California’s housing goals and struggles (CalMatters)
How and where UC Berkeley students live now – before planned enrollment increase (Mercury News)
Some urbanist YouTube channels to follow (Columbus Underground)

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Most of Metro’s New Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line Is Substantially Complete

By Joe Linton | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments

If all goes well - which hasn't been the case for Crenshaw/LAX so far - the new rail line could open to the public as early as this December, though early 2023 is likely

What an Ideal Green New Deal for Transportation Might Look Like

By Streetsblog Editors | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments

A truly green new deal must focus on reducing the amount Americans drive, a new report argues — and doing so will take an unprecedented portfolio of investments into sustainable modes.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments

In case anyone forgot for a minute there: Climate change needs attention (IPCC)
New York City pays bounties for videos of trucks breaking idling rules (NY Times)
Federal infrastructure rules could lead to more road deaths (Washington Post)
Federal safety standards STILL ignore growing dangers to pedestrians from large vehicles (Bloomberg)
CA bill to improve safety for bicycle riders and people on foot passes first committee (Gold Rush Cam)
Groundbreaking for a new bridge to connect regional trail separated by Highway 4 (East County Today)
Road projects get money:
- in Lompoc (KSBY)
- in Mendocino (RedHeadedBlackBelt)
Chevron sues Newsom over fracking ban (Bakersfield)
Chevron workers prepare to strike; Chevron pulls union workers from refinery (Reuters)
Another proposal to provide “relief from gas prices” (LA Times)
San Jose transit agency is building transit-oriented housing (Patch)
San Diego transit hampered by driver shortage (San Diego Union Tribune)
New district maps are changing the CA legislature: many voluntary departures (Associated Press)

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Proposed L.A. Metro FY22-23 Budget: More Freeway Widening, Less Transit Construction

By Joe Linton | Mar 18, 2022 | No Comments

While the Metro FY22-23 budget figures are still in flux, the latest proposal shows a 30 percent increase in freeway expansion and a 9 percent decrease in transit expansion

America’s Best Bus Stops Round 1: Bus Stop Behemoths

By Streetsblog Editors | Mar 18, 2022 | No Comments

As we continue our quest to find America's best bus stop, we thought we'd bend the rules just a bit and take a look at bus stations — some of which serve a few other types of transit, too.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Mar 18, 2022 | No Comments

Climate change action was needed ten years ago (IPCC)
Do you think we can do without the Great Barrier Reef? (AP)
Oil and gas industry heavily outspends clean energy and environmental groups on lobbying in California (Capital & Main)
How not to build a pedestrian bridge (Curbed)
CTC approves funding to widen Highway 41 in Central Valley (KMPH)
SMART to keep lower fares, eliminate parking fees (SF Gate)
Cities ponder free public transportation post-pandemic (Reuters)
Interview with Buttigieg (Texas Tribune)
Regional Housing Needs Assessments are underestimating housing needs (CA State Auditor)
It’s hard out here for a food delivery robot (LA Times)

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Active Transportation Program Update: Cycle 6 Now Open for Applications

By Melanie Curry | Mar 17, 2022 | No Comments

The California Transportation Commission adopted ATP guidelines, officially opening application period for Cycle 6 funding

Another Step Towards Making J.F.K. Promenade Permanent

By Roger Rudick | Mar 17, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor London Breed introduced legislation Tuesday to lock in the J.F.K. Promenade and finally achieve a safer Golden Gate Park by eliminating east-west cut-through traffic

Talking Headways Podcast: Who Represents “The Community” Part 1

By Jeff Wood | Mar 17, 2022 | No Comments

Jeremy Levine, an assistant professor of organizational studies and sociology at the University of Michigan, talks about his book "Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston." How do neighborhood groups, elected officials, and public servants claim the mantle of representing “the community”? Part 1 of 2.

Study: Megacar Drivers Up to 4x More Likely to Hit Walkers While Turning

By Kea Wilson | Mar 17, 2022 | No Comments

And researchers think it's because federal regulators aren't scrutinizing the common design features that make it impossible for megacar drivers to see walkers passing right in front of them.

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