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Update on Caltrans Complete Streets Reservation
34 projects to receive early Caltrans Complete Streets funds: 12 include separated, all-ages bike facilities; 16 include new sidewalks; 26 along a city's main street; 2 include road diets
September 15, 2021
Feds Prep $10 Billion More for High-Speed Rail
And anti-HSR legislator Anthony Rendon goes on NBC Bay Area to defend his moves to try and kill the project
September 13, 2021
Legislative Update: Big Wins on Traffic Safety
A pile of bills await the Governor's signature, among them some pretty big wins for bicycle and pedestrian safety
September 13, 2021
In Their Own Words: Rendon and Friedman’s Changing Rationales For Kneecapping CA High-Speed Rail
None of this will come as a surprise to readers following CA High-Speed Rail closely, but this perhaps serves to dispel a few of the myths and falsehoods that obscure rail realities today.
September 8, 2021
High-Speed Rail Impasse Means No Active Transportation Boost, Other Projects Also Denied Funding
$500 million proposed as a one-time augmentation for Active Transportation Projects will go back to the General Fund - as will a total of $3.3 billion in other proposed allocations including for L.A. Olympics projects
September 7, 2021
Assemblymember Laura Friedman Derails Bullet Train Budget
Over $4 billion in voter-approved funds in limbo
September 7, 2021
Study: Sacramento’s Bike-Share Riders Replaced Car Trips, Cut VMT
Researchers estimate that Sacramento-area bike-share trips cut vehicle miles driven by 2,000 miles a day before the pandemic.
September 2, 2021
Finish the CA Bullet Train, Say Past Transportation Secretaries
Former Republican and Democratic transportation leaders agree: California and the rest of the U.S. needs high-speed rail
August 27, 2021
Quick Legislative Update: “Light-Touch Density” and Permanent Slow Streets Move Ahead
A few weeks remain to get bills passed, and they are moving.
August 25, 2021
There Is a Lot at Stake in CA Recall Election: Don’t Sit This One Out
A new governor -- any new governor -- could further muck up things that are already mucked up
August 23, 2021
