This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. Here’s a brief recap of Monday’s Assembly Transportation Hearing: Speed Cameras Assembly Transportation Chair Laura Friedman’s A.B. 645, to create a pilot program for automated speed enforcement, passed the Assembly Transportation Committee. This was…
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog California. The Assembly Transportation Committee readily passed a few key bills to improve safety for people on foot and on bikes (and everyone else) earlier this week. Daylighting Assemblymember Alex Lee’s bill, A.B.…
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog California. It’s time to take a look at the bills the California state legislators have introduced this year. But the California Bicycle Coalition has already done a thorough job on this, so this…
The Governor’s proposals to shift money from transit and the Active Transportation Program are “reasonable,” given budget constraints, says the LAO. But the legislature could do something different. Like make cuts to highways instead?? This story first appeared at Streetsblog…
Proponents of Prop 6, which would repeal the recently passed gas tax increase, S.B. 1, want people to support their proposition, of course. They’ve put together a handy list of six reasons to vote yes on the S.B. 1 repeal—and Carl…
Note: Governor Brown has until the end of September to decide the fate of a slew of bills passed by the legislature just before it ended its session in August. Streetsblog continues to cover what he’s signed, what he’s vetoed,…
“I didn’t expect to see it in my lifetime,” said former California Senator Fran Pavley, author of the Global Warming Solutions Act. “When we wrote our report in 2001 we didn’t expect it to happen so fast.” She was talking…
“Not Exactly One Bill to Rule Them All” first appeared on Streetsblog California. A state bill, A.B. 2989, focuses on defining stand-up electric scooters and safety regulations that apply to them, but does not weigh in on questions about rental or…
Seven gubernatorial candidates were invited to share their views on transportation and land use by a team of advocates working on those issues. Led by TransForm, the team included MoveLA, Public Advocates, San Francisco Transit Riders, Friends of Caltrain, and…
This post originally appeared on Streetsblog CA. Assemblymember Laura Friedman has been working on A.B. 2363 – a bill to fix long-standing issues with speed limits in California. In its first committee hearing this week, the bill was amended to create…
This post originally appeared on Streetsblog California. It’s February, so all bills that did not get passed by their first house by now, in either the California Assembly or Senate, are being officially declared dead. Unfortunately, among them are some…
This post originally ran on Streetsblog CA. Replacing LOS with VMT is a milestone in aligning transportation metrics with community values On Monday, the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research released an update to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).…
This post original appeared on Streetsblog California. Now that Senate Bill 1 has taken effect, and gas taxes have increased by twelve cents, the battle for the hearts and minds of Californians has begun in earnest. Depending to whom you listen,…
Backed by yet another beautiful perspective of San Francisco in the distance—this time from Hunters View, an affordable housing project south of downtown—Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a package of fifteen bills that will lay the groundwork for increasing…
Today, the FHWA responded to a lawsuit brought last summer by the Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S. PIRG, and the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Clean Air Carolina by reinstating a rule the suit claimed had been illegally…
