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Community Land Trust Seeks to Revitalize Vacant Lots in Santa Ana
Thrive Santa Ana hopes to turn vacant city-owned lots into affordable housing, community gardens, recreational space, economic incubators
January 3, 2017
Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Are Already Endangering Pedestrians, Bicyclists
Uber, claiming DMV rules don't apply to its self-driving cars, launched them onto San Francisco streets without a permit. One car immediately ran a red light, while others made dangerous right-hook turns, endangering bicyclists and pedestrians.
December 16, 2016
Repeat Until Complete: Transportation, Housing Bills Reintroduced
Lawmakers opened the first day of the California legislative session by introducing a slew of bills and resolutions to get things started. The two biggest bills—S.B. 1 from Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose) and A.B. 1 from Assembly member Jim Frazier (D-Oakley)—are pretty much identical, and pretty much the same bills that got nowhere in the Transportation Special Session that ended a few weeks ago.
December 8, 2016
ATP Funding Recommendations Get Reshuffled; More Projects Added
Just before the California Transportation Commission (CTC) was set to approve staff recommendations on Active Transportation Program funding, the largest project on the list was moved down and is no longer recommended for funding. The immediate consequence is that funding is freed up for five other projects that hadn't previously made the cut-off.
December 7, 2016
Fresno Active Transportation Plan Is Flawed, But Better After Public Input
Community organizations have heralded Fresno’s draft Active Transportation Plan as a road map for bringing struggling neighborhoods in the south up to par with the north end of the city. But some say the plan could be stronger, and they are advocating for changes before the City Council approves it on Dec. 15.
December 5, 2016
Interview With Out-Going Climate Champion State Senator Fran Pavley
Senator Fran Pavley is one of the members of the California legislature who will, with the end of the 2015-2016 session next week, bring a close to her tenure there. Pavley served for six years in the Assembly and six years in the Senate, where she worked hard to find consensus on environmental and climate change policies.
November 23, 2016
Equity Concerns Fall on Deaf Ears at OC Active Transportation Forum
A question from Marina Ramirez, a Santa Ana resident and member of Santa Ana Active Streets Coalition, put Darrell Johnson on the defensive. She asked the panel what is being done to address displacement from active transportation (AT) improvements, and added a followup question: OCTA has an AT checklist, she said; why not add an equity checklist?
November 22, 2016
Recap: California Transportation Sales Taxes on Today’s Ballot
Among the many important issues to be decided in today's election are a whole bunch of transportation funding measures. We have already covered many of them at Streetsblog, and there's a quick summary of them at Streetsblog USA.
November 8, 2016
Oakland Forging Ahead with New Ideas for Transportation
It's exciting times in Oakland, California. In the past six weeks, Oakland has passed a raft of policies that promise to have a lasting effect on the city's future transportation and development. This is all being done as part of the city government's reorganization, creating a new Department of Transportation to better strategize and coordinate transportation planning and construction.
November 2, 2016
ATP Funding Recommendations: Fewer and Larger Projects This Cycle
California Transportation Commission staff released their recommendations for projects to be funded in the 2017 round of the Active Transportation Program (ATP) yesterday. These recommendations will go to the full Commission for official adoption at its December meeting in Riverside.
November 1, 2016