Talking Headways Podcast: What Cities Gain by Removing Parking
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Oregon plans to reduce parking regulations in cities. What can we learn about the effect of parking lots on urban heat islands?
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Today’s Headlines
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Damian Kevitt on How Crash That Lost His Leg Made Him Safety Advocate (Yahoo via Bicycling) More Bike Lanes, Sharrows Coming to Beverly Hills (BH Press) Air Resources Board Holds Hearing on CA Climate Plan (Federal News Network) UN Chief Warns That Climate Change Impacting World Food Supply (Daily News) Closed-door CA Budget Negotiations Focus […]
Advocates Decry Proposed ‘Gas Tax Holiday’ — And Offer Alternatives to Ease Pain at the Pump
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As President Biden urges Congress to give drivers a gas tax "holiday" that experts say won't even significantly ease pain at the pump, advocates are urging him to give Americans emergency relief from car dependency instead.
These U.S. Communities Are Making Safety Progress After Jaywalking Reform
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The Black Lives Matter protests and the pandemic have dramatically shifted the terrain around policing. As a result, the last two years have brought about the first serious rethinking of jaywalking laws in a century, challenging a practically universal American rule that dates back to some of the earliest auto industry lobbying campaigns. Here's what happened next.
Today’s Headlines
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County Officials Unveil Plan to Return Bruce’s Beach to Original Black Heirs (LAT) Previous Streetsblog Coverage: Supervisor’s Vote in 2021, Advocates Organize in 2020 Groundbreaking held for new Metro joint development at 1st & Soto in Boyle Heights (The Source) Some Griffith Park Roads Closing to Cars (Eastsider) More on Council’s Motion to Ban Bike […]
Long-Promised Bike Lanes on the Spring Street Bridge Could Be Coming Soon
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"We are still intending to stripe the bike lanes on the Spring St Bridge even though the project contract itself is completed."
Today: Insurance Committee to Consider Bill That Could Kill Bike-Share
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This (Wednesday) afternoon, the California Senate Insurance Committee will consider a bill whose author, Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), claims its aim is to protect pedestrians - but which would instead kill bike- and scooter-share systems in California.
New Head of Caltrans: Tony Tavares, Chief of Bay Area and L.A. Districts
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On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Tony Tavares, current Caltrans District 7 Chief, as the new head of Caltrans. Tavares is no stranger to Caltrans headquarters, where he served for years as Division Chief for Maintenance. He also more recently headed up Caltrans District 4 in the Bay Area for several years, and was appointed […]
Today’s Headlines
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Bass, Mejia, Darling, Hugo, All Extend Leads. Cedillo’s Out and Eunisses’s In (LAT) Tim Deegan Interviews Gina Viola About Lessons of the Mayoral Primary (City Watch) City Council Votes to Ban Bike Entrepreneurs on Sidewalks (Daily News) Legislation Also Bans Bike Assembly on Sidewalks (NBC4) California Has Lowest School Bus Use in Nation (LAT) Coalition […]
Council Gives Final Nod to Ordinance that Bans Sidewalk Repair, Sale and Storage of Bicycles on Public Property
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"If you have an issue with one or two people, you take it up with them. You don't pass a law that's going to make everyone's lives worse."