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Talking Headways Podcast: What Cities Gain by Removing Parking
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Oregon plans to reduce parking regulations in cities. What can we learn about the effect of parking lots on urban heat islands?
Today’s Headlines
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Damian Kevitt on How Crash That Lost His Leg Made Him Safety Advocate (Yahoo via Bicycling) More Bike Lanes, Sharrows Coming to Beverly Hills (BH Press) Air Resources Board Holds Hearing on CA Climate Plan (Federal News Network) UN Chief Warns That Climate Change Impacting World Food Supply (Daily News) Closed-door CA Budget Negotiations Focus […]
Advocates Decry Proposed ‘Gas Tax Holiday’ — And Offer Alternatives to Ease Pain at the Pump
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As President Biden urges Congress to give drivers a gas tax "holiday" that experts say won't even significantly ease pain at the pump, advocates are urging him to give Americans emergency relief from car dependency instead.
These U.S. Communities Are Making Safety Progress After Jaywalking Reform
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The Black Lives Matter protests and the pandemic have dramatically shifted the terrain around policing. As a result, the last two years have brought about the first serious rethinking of jaywalking laws in a century, challenging a practically universal American rule that dates back to some of the earliest auto industry lobbying campaigns. Here's what happened next.
Today’s Headlines
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County Officials Unveil Plan to Return Bruce’s Beach to Original Black Heirs (LAT) Previous Streetsblog Coverage: Supervisor’s Vote in 2021, Advocates Organize in 2020 Groundbreaking held for new Metro joint development at 1st & Soto in Boyle Heights (The Source) Some Griffith Park Roads Closing to Cars (Eastsider) More on Council’s Motion to Ban Bike […]
Long-Promised Bike Lanes on the Spring Street Bridge Could Be Coming Soon
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"We are still intending to stripe the bike lanes on the Spring St Bridge even though the project contract itself is completed."