National Bill Would Bring Billions for Bullet Train
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The financial pathway for completing the entire Los Angeles/San Francisco route clarified with legislation from Fresno's Jim Costa
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about promoted
Bay Area Begins to Roll Out E-Bike Incentives Under Clean Cars 4 All
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Income- and zip-code qualifying households in the Bay Area can exchange an old gas guzzler for an electric cargo bike, or several e-bikes and transit passes; other regions will also eventually launch their programs
CA Bill Would Ban New Fracking Permits and Phase Out the Practice
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It also takes up the unfinished arguments around the state about buffers around active oil wells near homes and schools
Interview: California Freeway Expansion Projects Induce Travel, and Underestimate Impacts of Additional Driving
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UC Davis scholars Susan Handy, Jamey Volker, and Amy Lee created a online Induced Travel Calculator tool to project how road expansion projects would increase driving
Environmental Justice Members Resign from CARB Task Force on Carbon Offsets
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Task force is about to issue a report recommending ways to expand the problematic but profitable offsets program. Advocates wanted to focus on ways to make it work for the climate and environment.
Feds Love Cali Bullet Train
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Plus L.A. Times pens an especially absurd story claiming project will have only one track
Active Transportation Program Cycle 5 Staff Recommendations Released
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Statewide and Small Urban and Rural recommendations made; Trend towards fewer, larger projects continues
What’s a Bike Highway? Caltrans Wants Your Thoughts
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San Francisco Bay Area's Caltrans District 4 has some questions for bike riders, and potential riders, about what they think would make a good bike highway.
Give Biking, Walking, and Transit a Fair Share of Federal Transportation Funding
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CalBike wants you to sign a petition asking Congress to put people before cars
Did Governor Newsom Forget About Transit Workers in Vaccine Rollout?
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Until yesterday, transit workers were recognized as essential workers who should be prioritized for vaccinations against COVID. Then state plans changed, and transit workers are left wondering why they've been left out.
Should Blind People in Berkeley Be Required to Buy Parking Spaces?
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The City of Berkeley will be considering this question on Tuesday afternoon, when the City Council is scheduled to once again take up the topic of minimum parking regulations
Steven Cliff, from California Air Resources Board, Appointed Acting Head of National Highway and Traffic Safety
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It's a strategic move that sends the unequivocal message that the new President is committed to incorporating environmental concerns in every corner of federal policy making.