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Big Wonky Good News: L.A. City Adopts People-Centered Transportation Metric: “VMT” In, “LOS” Out
VMT puts the E back into CEQA.
August 6, 2019
Garcetti’s Green New Deal for Los Angeles Under Attack for Being Too Car-Centric
Goals for the plan include 100 percent renewable energy by 2045 and 100 percent zero-emission vehicles on city streets by 2050. Some say that is too little and too late.
April 30, 2019
Metro’s $400 Million Roads Plan Is an Act of Climate Change Denial
It’s time for Metro to pump the brakes on its misguided, climate-harming road plan for the 710 N. Corridor cities.
December 3, 2018
San Diego Fights CA Courts for Its Highway-Happy Plan to Increase Emissions
Despite what CA's courts say, San Diego insists on plans to widen freeways in its 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, even if it defies the state's ambitions to reduce climate-changing car dependency.
December 19, 2014
CA Legislature’s New Session: Hit-and-Run, Cap-and-Trade, No Tolls for Bikes
A new California legislative session started last week with the swearing-in of ten new Senators and 27 new Assemblymembers, the introduction of a hundred new bills between the two houses, and adjournment until January 5.
December 8, 2014
Exposed: Oil Industry’s Astroturf Tactics Against CA Cap-and-Trade
It's no surprise that the oil industry is fighting California's cap-and-trade program. But it is enlightening to see the strategy laid out in a leaked PowerPoint presentation [PDF].
December 1, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation and activities related to sustainable transportation.
September 12, 2014
Five Things I Learned at This Week’s L.A. Transportation Committee
Here are the top five things I learned listening in to this week's Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee meeting. The public meeting took place Wednesday, August 27, at Los Angeles City Hall. If you're nimble and/or having trouble sleeping, catch the full audio here.
August 29, 2014
CA Transportation Choices Summit Tackles Policy Issues
The California Transportation Choices Summit, held in Sacramento this week, was an opportunity for sustainable transportation and public health advocates to spend the day learning about current state policies and legislation in the works to change them.
April 24, 2014
Advocates Push for Bike/Ped Funding From CA’s Cap-and-Trade Funds
A coalition of bike and pedestrian advocates are inviting organizations to sign on to a letter [PDF] asking the state legislature to recommend allocating $50 million of the state's cap-and-trade revenue towards the Active Transportation Program. Currently, none of the $850 million in cap-and-trade funds are allocated specifically for walking and bicycling in this year's budget.
April 2, 2014