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Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Feb 25, 2022 | No Comments

Bike lanes approved in San Mateo, despite some residents saying parking is more important (San Mateo Daily Journal)
Santa Maria Transit offers mobile app, contactless payment (KSBY)
Trains begin testing new track between San Bernardino and University of Redlands – service to start later this year (Redlands Community News)
Silicon Valley Transit is at a crossroads (Patch)
Light rail, new freeway: What a Sacramento area sales tax would fund (Mass Transit)
America’s polarized transportation policy (Governing)
The homeless census is revealing the breadth of this humanitarian crisis (San Diego Union Tribune)
Central Valley’s tule fog is back (LA Times)
What’s next for cities as COVID emergency rules and programs end (Berkeleyside)
Sea level rise will be catastrophic, and unequal (Wired)

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A Safe Systems approach would rely more on road design and less on traffic attorneys like Sweet James. Photo by Joe Linton

Caltrans Officially Embraces “Safe Systems” Approach

By Melanie Curry | Feb 24, 2022 | No Comments

Prioritizing safety on California roads needs much more than a reliance on enforcement and education. A safe systems approach lowers the incidence of major injuries by assuming people will make mistakes and designing roads to reduce consequences.

SGV Connect 90 – Changes to Garvey Ave in Monterey Park

By Damien Newton and Kristopher Fortin | Feb 24, 2022 | No Comments

Jennifer Tang and Edwin Sun give an update on the project and discuss some of the challenges advocating for a better project on Garvey Avenue in Monterey Park.

Still Fighting for Promised Improvements on Valencia

By Roger Rudick | Feb 24, 2022 | No Comments

The shit show that is Valencia's bike lane continues. But don't worry, Supervisors Mandelman and Ronen promised to "check in" again with SFMTA.

Talking Headways Podcast: Transit Project Costs and Solutions

By Jeff Wood | Feb 24, 2022 | No Comments

Paul Lewis, policy director at the Eno Center for Transportation, discusses "Saving Time and Making Cents: A Blueprint for Building Transit Better" — about the differences between highway and transit capital projects and ways to create better governance and lower costs.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Feb 24, 2022 | No Comments

Cap-and-trade is not helping fight climate change (CalMatters)
- “We’re working on it – slowly” – CARB (Washington Post)
Oakland tests what happens when you give people money for the bus (Oaklandside)
Why environmental justice is crucial in planning for climate resilience (KQED)
Stop using planning models that recommend more roads (Guardian)
Enrollment increases at UC Berkeley must be accompanied by housing increases (Mercury News)

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710 Freeway - photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Report: CA’s Historical Focus on Highway Construction Must Change

By Melanie Curry | Feb 23, 2022 | No Comments

Legislative report on state transportation investments concludes that, if funding at every level is not reprioritized, climate goals will not be met, equity will suffer, and CA will fall short of other goals including reliable, efficient movement of people and goods.

Solis Motion Would Re-Re-Affirm that Metro North 710 Money Really Does Go to Multi-Modal Projects

By Joe Linton | Feb 23, 2022 | No Comments

Hilda Solis motion reiterates that, for the N. 710 MIP (Mobility Improvement Projects), "new mobility improvement[s] are eligible as both standalone projects and as components of larger projects," specifically including "bus priority infrastructure... bikeway projects... Sidewalk improvements, [and] Pedestrian safety improvements."

When Road Diets Get Rolled Back, Part I: The Texas Road Diet Massacre

By Kea Wilson | Feb 23, 2022 | No Comments

How can a city calm its most dangerous roads when those roads are owned by the state? San Antonio grapples with that question, thanks to Gov. Abbott.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Feb 23, 2022 | No Comments

Complete streets spur economic development (Planetizen)
Democrats balk at idea of a gas tax holiday (Planetizen)
At the federal level, costs of pausing the gas tax would be high (Politico)
Oopsie! After declaring CA high-speed rail dead, Railway Age now admits it is not
And CA HSR is already delivering economic benefits (Mass Transit)
Caltrans District 5 (Central Coast) releases its Active Transportation Plan (Benito Link)
California Bicycle Coalition warns that A.B. 371 would kill bike, scooter share
Long-range electric buses make Silver Line all the way to San Pedro possible (Mass Transit)
Bill would eliminate parking requirements near transit statewide (Abundant Housing LA)
Court rules federal agencies can’t use social cost of carbon in their climate calculations (Washington Post)
Sacramentans to vote on outlawing homelessness, basically. As if. (Cap Radio)
Remote work will change cities (Pew)
State still battling over Uber, Lyft driver classifications (SF Chronicle)

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Reality Overtakes Hyperloop

By Roger Rudick | Feb 22, 2022 | No Comments

Hyperloop is going nowhere

Ventura Ballot Measure Would Crack Down on ‘Antiquated’ Oil Drilling Permits

By Damien Newton | Feb 22, 2022 | No Comments

"With these old permits, an oil company could drill or frack a well next to our homes with as little environmental review as building a gazebo or a shed."

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