California Walks Gets a New Executive Director: Tony Dang
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The statewide advocacy organization focuses on policy at the state level, and training and capacity building at the local level. It's a lot of work.
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One New California Bicycle Friendly University: S.F. State
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SF State earned Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly University status with the work of one hard-working, enthusiastic, part-time student employee. How much better could it be with full-time staff and real attention to campus bikeability?
Recap: California Transportation Sales Taxes on Today’s Ballot
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Among the many important issues to be decided in today’s election are a whole bunch of transportation funding measures. We have already covered many of them at Streetsblog, and there’s a quick summary of them at Streetsblog USA. All but one add 1/2 cents to local sales taxes for transportation purposes–but transportation is a wide […]
Oakland Forging Ahead With New Ideas for Transportation
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It’s exciting times in Oakland, California. In the past six weeks, Oakland has passed a raft of policies that promise to have a lasting effect on the city’s future transportation and development. This is all being done as part of the city government’s reorganization, creating a new Department of Transportation to better strategize and coordinate […]
The Legacy of S.B. 375: Transforming Planning to Transform California
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Climate Plan, a coalition of more than fifty nonprofits working on California climate policies, released a report [PDF] about what we’ve learned from S.B. 375, one of California’s policy efforts to grapple with climate change. The coalition held a day of presentations in Sacramento on Monday to celebrate the release. Presenters—people who’ve been working in […]
Fresno Mayoral Candidates Talk About Clean and Green Transportation
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Last night, the two remaining candidates for Mayor of Fresno met in the city’s downtown at a forum sponsored by the Fresno Bicycle Coalition, The League of Women Voters, Streetsblog California, Cultiva La Salud, and others. The forum covered what Fresno can and should do to encourage a mix of clean and green transportation options […]
California Legislative Wrap-up: Session Over, Bills Signed
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Today is the deadline for California Governor Jerry Brown to sign or reject any bills passed by the legislature this session, so there has been a flurry of activity in the last few days. Here’s a quick look at few freshly signed laws pertinent to sustainable transportation and the climate. Transportation Safety We’ve written about […]
High Speed Rail Update: Animations of Potential Palmdale-Burbank Routes
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The California High Speed Rail Authority released three simple animations showing possible routes for the Palmdale to Burbank section. The animations appear on separate maps, so it’s hard to compare them side-by-side, but they give a pretty good idea of how very, very long the proposed tunnels are. The routes vary slightly in the San […]