California Transportation Commission Chair: “Widen Freeways for the People”
The following article first appeared on Streetsblog California.
Choking back tears, California Transportation Commission Chair Lee Ann Eager closed out the commission's meeting last week with an emotional speech. "Our job is about people," she...
Metro Looks to Approve On-Bus Camera Enforcement Ticketing Drivers Who Park in Bus Lanes
This story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles.
Earlier today, the Metro Operations Committee approved Metro on-bus cameras for ticketing drivers who park in bus lanes. Metro is looking to allocate $11 million for its...
CalBike’s 2023 Legislative Recap: Big Wins for Active Transportation
Editor's note: This post originally appeared on the California Bicycle Coalition's site.
Of the bills the California Bicycle Coalition supported that made it to the governor’s desk, six were signed into law, and two were vetoed....
Advocacy Groups Plead with Governor to Reign In Rogue State Transportation Department
This article first appeared at Streetsblog California.
More than sixty climate and transportation advocacy organizations sent a letter to Governor Newsom asking him to investigate current state Transportation Department practices that are undermining California's climate,...
Commentary: Daylighting is Now the Law. But it’s up to Cities to Make it...
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog San Francisco.
Governor Newsom signed A.B. 413 into law on Tuesday. As explained in the Tweet below from the advocates at Los Angeles-based Streets for All, A.B. 413 will, in...
Legislative Update: Governor Is Powering Through Bills
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog.
Governor Newsom was busy over the weekend, signing around 330 bills and vetoing another 140 of them. There are somewhere around 260 bills left for him to deal...
How to Support the Ambitious ‘Marina Central Park’ Freeway Removal Study in Los Angeles
Marina Central Park would remove the three-mile-long, six-plus lane Marina Freeway (SR-90) and replace it with new housing, parks, bus rapid transit, and bikeways
SMMUSD Clarifies Again That They Are Still Working on Proposal to Purchase and Rehab...
The following is a press release from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) continues to be interested in purchasing and rehabilitating the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (Civic), currently...
California Spends Too Little on Environmentally Friendly Transportation Options
Transportation is the largest contributor to climate emissions and pollution in California. Knowing this, state leaders have set goals to reduce those emissions in various ways, including increasing the number of "clean" vehicles in...
No Cops with Lassos on Trains. LA’s Mayor Nixes LAPD Pilot at Metro Board...
“Please assure your grandson that Wonder Woman will not be on the trains,” Mayor and Metro Board Chair Karen Bass told Juanita Medina, a long time transit user concerned that LAPD was going to be testing...
Caltrans Readies Guidance for Complete Streets, with a Giant Exemption
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog California.
Caltrans has long promised to develop guidelines for building complete streets. The guidance is close to being released - but somewhere along the way, highway interchanges were...
California Has to Stop Building Freeways. Now.
This post first appeared at Streetsblog California.
"We're not the first ones to point this stuff out," said David Weiskopf, Senior Policy Advisor with Next Gen, about its new report “California at a Crossroads,” which calls for...
Drasko V’s “Art of Time” Lights Up Promenade Tower
This is a lightly edited press release and image from the City of Santa Monica.
Starting last Saturday, visitors to the Third Street Promenade can see a unique projection on one of Santa Monica’s most iconic buildings. In a week-long project titled Art...
Art Projection on the Clock Tower Lights Up the Promenade This Weekend/Next Week
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica.
Beginning Saturday, September 23, 2023, visitors to the Third Street Promenade will see a unique projection on one of Santa Monica’s most iconic buildings. In a week-long project titled Art of Time, artist Drasko V will use his artistic...
Caltrans Gets Rid of Its Own Watchdog Responsible for Making Agency “Respect the Environment”
This post first appeared at Streetsblog California.
Politico reports that Caltrans' Deputy Director of Planning and Modal Programs, Jeanie Ward-Waller, is being "reassigned" in the department. Politico is calling the move a "shakeup."
Let's name it more...
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