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California Moves up the “Bicycle Friendly States” Ranking to #8
The League of American Bicyclists today released its state rankings for “bicycle friendly states” and this year California is ranked 8th in the US, behind Washington, Minnesota, Utah, and Oregon.
May 12, 2015
California Legislative Update: Parking Requirements, Cap-and-Trade Funds
This week we're tracking some of the bills that got left out of last week's too-long legislative update. These bills relate to transportation funding, climate change, and urban planning.
May 8, 2015
Damien Talks Episode 1: Bike SD’s Sam Ollinger
Welcome to the first episode of Damien Talks, a podcast series for Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog California, LongBeachize and Santa Monica Next. In each episode, I’ll be talking to someone from the transportation scene from somewhere in California.
May 6, 2015
California Legislative Update: Bike Bills, Transportation Funding, Climate Change
This was a super busy week in Sacramento. Any bill that requires approval from the Appropriations Committee had to pass out of all its policy committees by today. Naturally, that meant very long hearings, as there was lots of legislation to be debated up to the last minute.
May 4, 2015
Assembly Committee Moves Bill to Delay Level Of Service Phase-Out
Buried in a five-hour long meeting of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee yesterday, a short discussion ended in a vote to move legislation that will delay the state's shift away from car-centric planning.
April 29, 2015
R’s and D’s Agree State Needs More Transpo. Dollars. Disagree on Source.
In his 2015 State of the State, Governor Jerry Brown challenged the state legislature to come up with a funding formula that is both fair and that creates a sustainable funding stream for the state’s transportation trust fund. While the federal government continues to struggle to fund the national seemingly-always-beleagured Transportation Trust Fund, California now has three competing funding measures on the table, including one that is backed by the state's Senate Republican Caucus.
April 27, 2015
Interview: Mike Gatto Talks Hit and Runs and Why Jerry Brown Will Get Behind a “Yellow Alert” System
Last week, I conducted a phone interview with Assemblyman Mike Gatto, best known to Streetsblog readers for his tireless work fighting for tougher laws to prevent hit and run drivers. While Gatto's efforts have proven popular with safety advocates, his center piece legislation to create a statewide hit and run alert system was vetoed last session by Governor Jerry Brown after sailing through the Assembly and Senate.
April 23, 2015
Legislative Update: Raise the Gas Tax? Cap and Trade, HOT Lanes
Bills have started moving through committees in both houses of the California legislature as the hearing season starts.
April 17, 2015
Caltrans Goals: Triple Biking, Double Walking and Transit by 2020
Caltrans released its new Strategic Management Plan [PDF], and it includes priorities and performance targets that show the department is serious about reforming itself.
April 16, 2015