This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. Finding funding to save transit from a looming “fiscal cliff” was an urgent topic of transportation discussions this spring – somewhat resolved with the signing of the state budget in June. But just…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. Many California cities are in the midst of updating their “housing elements,” a part of their General Plans. In the next year or so, many of these plans will be completed and certified,…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog California. The official statement from the author of A.B. 73, Assemblymember Tasha Boerner, is titled “Shifting Gears.” She has tried for several years to pass a bill allowing bike riders to treat stop signs as yield signs, and…
This story first appeared in Streetsblog California. The grants are referred to as REAP 2.0 because they expand on an existing REAP grant program by looking for ways to integrate housing and climate goals. Two groups of Regional Early Action…
The following post was originally posted at Streetsblog California. In the final days leading up to the legislative recess, with a Friday deadline for bills to pass bills out of committees, the Senate Transportation and Judiciary Committees held long, concurrent…
This story first appeared in Streetsblog California. The California state gas tax went up again on July 1, according to its annually scheduled increase (this year it equates to about four cents per gallon). In what is becoming an annual…
The story first appeared at Streetsblog California. California legislative leaders have come to agreement to use some money from the state’s cap-and-trade program to prevent transit agencies from heading over the “fiscal cliff” that could destroy them. As a stop-gap…
Last week, various Assembly and Senate committees held hearings on Governor Newsom’s “infrastructure package,” a proposal which he said would “cut project timelines, save money, and reduce paperwork while speeding up construction of infrastructure projects and creating hundreds of thousands…
This story first appeared on Streetsblog San Francisco. June 2 was the deadline for all bills to move from their house of origin or get nixed. Here’s where we stand. Bills moving forward Stop Pretextual Policing(S.B. 50, Bradford): A Biking Is…
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog California. Update: Senator Ben Allen (D-CA) posted his statement from the presser on Twitter. State Senator Scott Wiener was joined today in Sacramento by other state and local leaders, advocates, and transit agencies…
The following post first appeared in Streetsblog California. The two legislative houses have one more week to pass bills to the next house, where the process begins anew. Here’s a super quick and far from comprehensive update on some key…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. C alifornia needs to invest a lot more in incentives for people to adopt electric bikes, says the California Bicycle Coalition. $50 million, a minuscule amount compared to the billions that the state…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. The California e-bike incentive program’s public workgroup met for the last time yesterday to hear how the program is shaping up and allow some last comments on program plans. This last workgroup discussed…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. T asha Boerner’s A.B. 73, which would allow bike riders to treat stop signs at certain intersections as yield signs, got its first hearing in the Assembly Transportation Committee on Monday, and passed. This…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. The “fiscal cliff” that transit advocates are ringing bells about lately is no joke. Pandemic-era federal assistance for transit operations is about to end, but ridership and revenue have not fully recovered from pandemic losses.…
