State Cap-and-Trade Workshops This Week – In Los Angeles Tomorrow
Meeting in DTLA Thursday. State law requires a portion of California's cap-and-trade money go to disadvantaged communities. Public workshops this week and next will explore how the state should define "disadvantaged communities" as well as how to assess benefits to those communities.
February 1, 2017
Governor Brown Proposes $1 Billion for Active Transportation Program over Ten Years
In the first step of the budget process for 2017-2018, Governor Brown proposed a budget that shows fiscal restraint--and includes money for the Active Transportation Program.
January 12, 2017
Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Are Already Endangering Pedestrians, Bicyclists
Uber, claiming DMV rules don't apply to its self-driving cars, launched them onto San Francisco streets without a permit. One car immediately ran a red light, while others made dangerous right-hook turns, endangering bicyclists and pedestrians.
December 16, 2016
Repeat Until Complete: Transportation, Housing Bills Reintroduced
Lawmakers opened the first day of the California legislative session by introducing a slew of bills and resolutions to get things started. The two biggest bills—S.B. 1 from Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose) and A.B. 1 from Assembly member Jim Frazier (D-Oakley)—are pretty much identical, and pretty much the same bills that got nowhere in the Transportation Special Session that ended a few weeks ago.
December 8, 2016
ATP Funding Recommendations Get Reshuffled; More Projects Added
Just before the California Transportation Commission (CTC) was set to approve staff recommendations on Active Transportation Program funding, the largest project on the list was moved down and is no longer recommended for funding. The immediate consequence is that funding is freed up for five other projects that hadn't previously made the cut-off.
December 7, 2016
Interview With Out-Going Climate Champion State Senator Fran Pavley
Senator Fran Pavley is one of the members of the California legislature who will, with the end of the 2015-2016 session next week, bring a close to her tenure there. Pavley served for six years in the Assembly and six years in the Senate, where she worked hard to find consensus on environmental and climate change policies.
November 23, 2016
Recap: California Transportation Sales Taxes on Today’s Ballot
Among the many important issues to be decided in today's election are a whole bunch of transportation funding measures. We have already covered many of them at Streetsblog, and there's a quick summary of them at Streetsblog USA.
November 8, 2016
Oakland Forging Ahead with New Ideas for Transportation
It's exciting times in Oakland, California. In the past six weeks, Oakland has passed a raft of policies that promise to have a lasting effect on the city's future transportation and development. This is all being done as part of the city government's reorganization, creating a new Department of Transportation to better strategize and coordinate transportation planning and construction.
November 2, 2016
ATP Funding Recommendations: Fewer and Larger Projects This Cycle
California Transportation Commission staff released their recommendations for projects to be funded in the 2017 round of the Active Transportation Program (ATP) yesterday. These recommendations will go to the full Commission for official adoption at its December meeting in Riverside.
November 1, 2016
Tamika Butler Can’t Be Ignored
Tamika Butler gave a devastating keynote speech at the NACTO conference in Vancouver last month. If you missed it, or her similarly fearless speech at last year's California Bike Summit in San Diego, be gladdened.
October 28, 2016