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California’s Rebate Blind Spot: Electric Bikes
It would be smart, and efficient, for California to provide incentives for people to purchase e-bikes
February 11, 2020
Proposed Federal Fuel Economy Rules Will Mess Up Everything
Current Regional Transportation Plans, which have relied on steadily cleaner tailpipe emissions, may not be enough to achieve federal clean air standards
May 1, 2019
Legislative Update: Amtrak Bus Tickets, Vouchers for E-bikes, Smog Check for Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Here is a very incomplete summary of bills that have passed their policy committees this week, which is the deadline to do so. If they failed to pass, they are dead for this year. If they passed, they have to either go to a finance committee or to a floor vote before being passed along to the next house. These are in addition to the Complete Streets bill that passed earlier this week.
April 29, 2019
Legislative Analyst Report on Active Transportation Program: Part 2
The LAO suggests the legislature reconsider some of the program's objectives, and maybe make changes to the way the program funding is decided.
March 8, 2019
What Should Governor-elect Newsom’s Transportation Priorities Be?
The next governor of California will enter office with one big problem—transportation funding—already solved, at least for the moment. The passage of S.B. 1 and the defeat of Prop 6 guarantee that for the next few years the state will have enough money to fix some of its transportation problems. But it would be a mistake to let the remaining issues take a back seat to other pressing concerns, including housing and environmental issues, because they all are so inextricably linked.
December 10, 2018
Media Blitz from Oil Industry Tries to Stoke Fears About “High Gas Prices”
The ads show a Latinx mom with three kids, looking at the camera with concern. “We can't afford runaway energy and fuel costs” is printed across the photo.
November 19, 2018
In San Joaquin County, Local Sales Tax Funds Bike, Ped Projects
SJCOG awarded funds for 21 projects in San Joaquin County, including off-street bike paths, on-street bike lanes, signaled bike routes, cycletracks, sidewalks, crosswalks, pedestrian crossing beacons, and several studies.
March 27, 2018
Legislative Wrap-up: Environmental Justice, Cap-and-Trade Funding
The lead-up to the end of the California legislative session at midnight last night included a standard amount of grandstanding, tearful farewells, laughter, and exhaustion. Some bills passed and will now await the governor's good graces, and some died on the legislature floor. Here's a quick recap of a few bills relevant to sustainable streets. Details on each follow:
September 2, 2016
Watch Two Bridges Being Taken Down
Caltrans was involved in two very different bridge demolitions last week, and has posted time-lapse footage of both of them.
February 11, 2016
Falling Gas Tax Revenue Leads to Slash in State Transportation Money
The timing seems less than coincidental, announcing a cut in transportation funding days after announcing a pilot program to study road users' fees--but the message is just as stark. The State of California is running out of money to fund transportation.
January 26, 2016