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Today: Insurance Committee to Consider Bill That Could Kill Bike-Share

By California Bike Coalition | Jun 22, 2022 | No Comments

This (Wednesday) afternoon, the California Senate Insurance Committee will consider a bill whose author, Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), claims its aim is to protect pedestrians - but which would instead kill bike- and scooter-share systems in California.

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Leaders from SF, Philly, Duluth and Bogotá discuss open streets as a public health strategy

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 9, 2020 | No Comments

Having supportive city officials has been key to opening opening up streets to people during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Vital Link Between Health and Transportation

By Jeff Wood | Apr 9, 2020 | No Comments

This week, we talk about how transit can save rural counties lots of money currently being spent on ambulances.

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Paying Uber and Lyft Drivers More Benefits Everyone

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 30, 2019 | No Comments

New York City’s new $17.22 minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers is starting to have the desired effect. Politico first reported that following both Uber and Lyft have “quietly” stopped accepting new drivers in the city, citing the higher wages for cabbies. But the law is being seen as not only a win for the […]

A Eurostar high-speed train in England. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Majority of Californians Still Support HSR

By Roger Rudick | Mar 27, 2018 | No Comments

The majority of Californians still support the state's high-speed rail project, according to a new poll.

Fields of parking near the El Cerrito BART station. Image via Google Maps

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It’s Parking Madness Time — Send Us Your Parking Disasters!

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2017 | No Comments

It's March and that means it's Parking Madness season at Streetsblog. Today we're launching our fifth annual tournament in search of North America's worst parking blight, and we're switching things up a little.

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