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Editorial: Key Bullet Train Meeting Requires an Honest Conversation
Yes, that means you, Assemblymember Laura Friedman
March 9, 2021
Legislative Update: A Few Bills on Transit
Bay Bridge bus service, bus lane/stop violation camera enforcement
March 1, 2021
Petition to Keep High Speed Rail on Track
Advocates want state to move forward with funding California's rail modernization project
February 26, 2021
Legislative Update: Bills About Bikes
Traffic safety, treating a stop sign as a yield sign, e-bike rebates
February 23, 2021
Federal Bill Would Bring Billions for CA Bullet Train
The financial pathway for completing the entire Los Angeles/San Francisco route clarified with legislation from Fresno's Jim Costa
February 19, 2021
Interview: California Freeway Expansion Projects Induce Travel, and Underestimate Impacts of Additional Driving
UC Davis scholars Susan Handy, Jamey Volker, and Amy Lee created a online Induced Travel Calculator tool to calculate how road expansion projects would increase driving
February 17, 2021
Environmental Justice Members Resign from CA Air Board Task Force on Carbon Offsets
Task force is about to issue a report recommending ways to expand the problematic but profitable offsets program. Advocates wanted to focus on ways to make it work for the climate and environment.
February 12, 2021
A Conversation with New Assembly Transportation Chair Laura Friedman
Assemblymember Laura Friedman talks about her new position as Senate Transportation Committee chair, and about her thoughts on furthering sustainable transportation in California.
February 1, 2021
Did Governor Newsom Forget About Transit Workers in Vaccine Rollout?
Until yesterday, transit workers were recognized as essential workers who should be prioritized for vaccinations against COVID. Then state plans changed, and transit workers are left wondering why they've been left out.
January 28, 2021
Air Resources Board Elevates Environmental Justice to Executive Level
ClimatePlan's Chanell Fletcher, as new Deputy Executive Officer for Environmental Justice, will oversee environmental justice, Community Air Monitoring Program (A.B. 617), and more.
January 22, 2021