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Broad Motion by Homelessness Hardliner Takes Aim at Streetside Bike Sales and Repairs in L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments

In which CM Krekorian details how annoyed he was when police asked him why he believed the bikes he saw at an encampment were stolen.

New Bike Lanes on Yosemite Drive in Eagle Rock

By Joe Linton | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments

The "Slow Yosemite" improvements a relatively rare asymmetric bikeway - a new uphill bike lane, with sharrows in the downhill direction

Easier Transfers Between BART and Muni

By Roger Rudick | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments

Maybe Muni and BART don't hate their customers after all? BART adds new platform-level fare gates in the subway

Talking Headways Podcast: Treating Social Media Like a City

By Jeff Wood | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments

This week, Sahar Massachi of the Integrity Institute talks about his MIT Technology Review piece, “How to Save Our Social Media by Treating it Like a City.” Who knew that managing social media’s bad actors is like dealing with urban problems such as black-box highway modeling, speed management, and city building?

Six Ways AVs Could Reshape Our Cities — And Not for the Better

By Kea Wilson | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments

A recent Congressional hearing on "the road ahead for automated vehicles" largely ignored the potentially devastating effect that personally owned AVs could have on the neighborhoods those cars drive through.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments

AV “disengagement reports” in CA offer a little bit of information (Spectrum News, Forbes)
BART is struggling (KQED)
Mapping every intersection in SF shows safety gaps (SF Chronicle)
Figuring out a road charge for California (Capitol Weekly)
CA Senate moves ahead with bill to require industry to report GHG emissions (JD Supra)
Supreme Court to weigh whether EPA can regulate GHG emissions (Yale Climate Connections)
San Diego passes package of housing incentives (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Former Stockton mayor Michael Tubbs founds nonprofit to end poverty (CalMatters)
Video: Pittsburgh applies complete streets concepts to improve safety (You Tube)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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Homeowner Groups: Metro Sepulveda Rail Will Destroy Neighborhoods

By Joe Linton | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

Westside homeowners don't want subway tunnels. Valley homeowners don't want aerial trains.

New Portantino Legislation Would Force Better Transportation Planning in California Cities

By Damien Newton | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

“There is no denying it, California needs safer streets,” stated Portantino.

For more on SD Forward 2021, click here : https://www.sdforward.com/mobility-planning/2021-regional-plan

San Diego County Ponders a VMT Tax, with a Twist

By Damien Newton | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

This tax, if approved, wouldn’t cover all of the SANDAG region, but would provide a steady revenue stream for its urban center.

Berkeley’s Milvia Street Safety Features Removed Over Bogus Truck Dimensions

By Roger Rudick | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

That's not a big rig

What A Lifetime of Car Ownership Costs — And Who Pays

By Kea Wilson | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

The average motorist will pay a whopping $650,000 on the low end to own a car over his or her lifetime, and society will pick up over 40 percent of the tab, a new study finds.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

Disturbing allegations of a back-room deal between San Jose mayor and CA Transportation Commissioner Carl Guardino (in his role as a business owner) (San Jose Spotlight)
USPS truck designer ensured they were just heavy enough to skirt emissions rules (Vice)
LA City Council wants to ban bike repairs on the street (LA Times)
California High Speed Rail Authority releases draft 2022 business plan (CAHSRA)
San Diego bike coalition launches real-time crash tracking app (Times of San Diego)
San Diego failed to get it together to apply for homeless housing funds (Voice of San Diego)
Tenant protection bill (Ellis Act adjustments) has failed despite support (CalMatters)
Using lasers to encourage crows to move along is a bad idea (Mercury News)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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