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A Conversation with Caltrans Sustainability Chief Ellen Greenberg
Greenberg's job is to work across all the different programs within Caltrans to guide and offer resources for meeting the department's sustainability goals, including interior goals--like efficient energy and water use--and external goals relating to the state transportation system.
June 21, 2017
OC Bike to Work Day Showcases Santa Ana Bike Infrastructure Successes
Caltrans hosted its own Bike to Work Day in Santa Ana to showcase some of the work it's doing to improve biking infrastructure in downtown.
May 19, 2017
OCTA Budget Outlook: Balanced, But Problems Loom
Money from S.B.1 will allow OCTA to avoid deep service cuts on it buses, but if ridership continues decreasing, there will be hard choices to make in the future.
May 12, 2017
CA Crosswalk Bill Moves Forward, Bike Stop/Yield Bill on Hold
The pedestrian countdown crossing bill is a needed update to an outdated law. The stop-sign-as-yield bill upsets people who don't understand its intent.
May 10, 2017
CA Legislative Update: “Idaho Stop” and Pedestrian Signals to Be Heard Next Week
Two bills very pertinent to bicyclists and pedestrians are set for their first committee hearings in the California legislature on Monday's Assembly Transportation Committee. One would allow bike riders to roll through stop signs--when safe; the other would make clear that pedestrians are allowed to cross while their signals are counting down.
May 5, 2017
CA Legislative Update: Transit Passes, Transportation Commission Representation, Automated Speed Cameras
A bill to create a statewide youth transit pass program passed the Assembly Transportation Committee, as did one that would require that at least one member of the California Transportation Commission represent low-income communities. Another bill, to create a pilot program to use automated speed enforcement cameras in San Francisco and San Jose, was put off for a year.
April 26, 2017
Bill to Stymie 710 Tunnel Stymied by Asm Transportation Committee
A bill that would have ended consideration of a potential tunnel on the 710 freeway through Pasadena fell short of votes. Assembly Transportation Committee members hesitated to step into what they call a "local issue."
April 21, 2017
High-Speed Rail Authority Discusses Routes from L.A. to Anaheim
California high-speed rail proposes to use the existing rail alignment between L.A.'s Union Station and ARTIC in Anaheim. That will require some modifications, including a number of grade separations.
April 21, 2017
California Lawmakers Call for Affordable Housing Funding, Fewer Obstacles to Growth
“We have a housing crisis and we need to act now,” said Assemblymember David Chiu. In Sacramento, momentum is clearly building to address the housing crisis; Chiu noted that there are currently 130 bills pending in the state legislature that address housing.
April 18, 2017
Webinar Offered Wednesday: How to Set Up a Bicycle Traffic Diversion Program
A California bill passed in 2015 allows bicyclists who get tickets to attend "bike traffic school" and reduce their fines, but currently there are few places where that is possible. The California Bicycle Coalition will present a webinar on how to get a diversion program started.
April 11, 2017
