New Rule on Environmental Impacts of Driving, Long Awaited, Goes Into Effect July 1
Ding! Dong! Level of Service is dead!
July 1, 2020
Grants Issued for Affordable Housing, Transformative Climate Communities, Climate Change Research
Strategic Growth Council awards a pile of implementation and planning grants for sustainable, healthy communities
June 30, 2020
Governor Appoints Two New California Transportation Commissioners
Paul Van Konynenberg, the problematic CTC chair, is out. The new appointees represent labor and business development. One more commission seat remains up in the air.
June 24, 2020
Bill to Incentivize Bike Parking in New Housing Moves to State Senate
A.B, 3153 would allow housing developers who provide parking for either bikes or car-share in new buildings to reduce car parking requirements
June 10, 2020
Evictions and Homelessness Will Rise Precipitously Once COVID Restrictions Are Lifted
New UCLA Luskin Center report warns of a dire future in L.A., if big changes aren't made now - but the lesson is relevant statewide. Nationwide.
June 8, 2020
Transportation Commission Chair Van Konynenberg Hot Mic: “Go. . . Beat the Hell Out of Them”
Notwithstanding a later apology, the commissioners remarks contribute to a hostile environment.
May 22, 2020
Creating Vitally Needed Hand-Washing Stations for Homeless Residents
LavaMaeX's Hand Washing For All campaign aims to teach people how to make, maintain hand-washing stations to help stop spread of coronavirus
May 19, 2020
Assembly Returns; Transportation Committee Takes on High-Speed Rail, Relief for Parking Debt
Rather than focus on fallout from COVID-19, the Assembly Transportation Committee was bent on reining in the High-Speed Rail Authority
May 5, 2020
Rich City Rides Shows How to Take Care of Your Community
The bike/skate shop/community space hosts a youth-led Bike Club, whose members have been helping the school district pack and distribute meals to students who can't access them because school is not in session.
May 1, 2020
San Diego Study: Transit Remains Essential for Essential Workers
Circulate San Diego used census data to determine that many of the people still riding transit are going to and from jobs deemed "essential" under stay-at-home rules
April 24, 2020
