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On Monday, February 17, Metro will begin issuing $293 citations to cars parked in bus lanes or at bus stops. The new program is expected to improve bus speed and reliability, and increase ridership. Initially the program will ticket just…

Last Monday, California Assembly Transportation Committee Chair Lori Wilson (D-Fairfield) introduced A.B. 394, the first of what she promised would be a package of bills designed to improve public safety for users across the transportation sector. Wilson says the bill aims…

Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine) was flanked by Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera), Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho, and a host of safety advocates and traffic enforcement officers to announce the introduction of A.B. 366, the Save Lives with Every Start bill.…

The post first appeared at Streetsblog California. On January 1, California’s “Daylighting Law” went into effect and traffic enforcement agencies around the country are responding to it in different ways.  For those of you unfamiliar with the term and missed…

This article also appears at Streetsblog California. Republican lawmakers introduced a pair of new bills last week (Assembly Bill 267 and Assembly Bill 273) to defund the state’s bullet train project by taking annual allocations to the California High Speed Rail Authority…

Earlier this month, Senator Scott Wiener (D-SF), introduced “SB-71 California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transit projects” a bill that seeks to streamline the state-mandated environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for public transportation and bike and pedestrian…

Photo: Sahra Sulaiman As devastating fires blew up across Los Angeles last week, researchers from the Latino Policy and Politics Institute and the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge at UCLA released a data brief highlighting systemic inequities that, if not acknowledged and accounted…

The following article also appears on Streetsblog Los Angeles. Metro’s board of directors approved a motion to marshal agency resources in support of victims of major ongoing wildfires. The motion, introduced last week by Board Chair and County Supervisor Janice Hahn,…

The following article also appears at Streetsblog California. To the surprise of few, the incoming presidential administration of Donald Trump hit the ground driving, signing executive orders that will boost oil production and could eliminate federal tax credits for the purchase…

This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. You’ll note that Damien Newton is mentioned as the new editor for Streetsblog California. Damien will continue working at Santa Monica Next as well, but you’ll start to note some new by-lines (and…

The following article first appeared in Streetsblog USA. Main photo: AXA/Michael Buholzer/Magnus White photo: Instagram Automatic braking systems that would better protect cyclists and pedestrians must be mandatory on new vehicles, a Colorado member of Congress said, offering up a…

In a rush to get back to normal – whatever that is – Governor Newsom issued an executive order to suspend permitting and review under both the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the California Coastal Act for anyone rebuilding a home…