Month: February 2009

California transit advocates have begun organizing a strategy to move legislation through Sacramento that would dedicate a steady, long-term state revenue source for public transit and prevent future budget writers from raiding it.

Streetsblog Network member blog Greater Greater Washington has been ramping up coverage of crashes that result in pedestrian and cyclist injuries and fatalities (they've got a new safety beat reporter, Stephen Miller), and in a recent post they highlighted the car-centric thinking of local law enforcement:

Former Oak Trib Reporter Dies from Injuries Suffered in N-Judah Crash (Merc) Muni Bus Crashes into Light Poles, Building (ABC7) Obama Tells Mayors Not to Waste Stimulus Money (Sac Bee) Transpo Secretary Considering VMT Tax, More Highway, Bridge Tolls (AP, Yglesias) Bronx Burrough President to Head White House Urban Affairs Office (WaPo, News, The Caucus) … Continued