Damien Newton
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As California Recovers from COVID-19, Bike Month Rolls Back This May
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Last year’s Bike Month was subdued for the obvious reasons. And while this year’s Bike Month is not a return to the normal calendar of bicycling related festivities, there are certainly more events, and better programming than what we saw last year when groups were just trying to figure out how to do bicycling events safely.
Bill to Help Cities Make “Slow Streets” Permanent Moving in Assembly
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“Los Angeles’ Slow Streets program has offered children, families, and constituents throughout our city the opportunity to play, exercise, and socialize, safely, throughout their neighborhoods during the pandemic and should be expanded,” said Nazarian.
Trio of Bills Seeks to Prevent California Truck Drivers from Being Exploited
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Senator María Elena Durazo, Senator Lena Gonzalez and Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo have introduced a trio of bills that are designed to protect California’s port truck drivers and to increase accountability for trucking companies
“Seamless and Resilient Bay Area Transit Act” Passes Assembly Transportation Committee
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One step closer to a Seamless Bay Area.
Q&A with Assemblyman Marc Berman Over Legislation to Change VTA
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Following the recommendations of a 2019 Santa Clara County Grand Jury Report, Assemblymember Marc Berman introduced legislation earlier this year that would dramatically remake the Board of Directors for the Valley Transit Authority (VTA).
Open Thread: What Happens to Streets Post-Pandemic?
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Does your city have a plan for streets when the pandemic ends?
CA High Speed Rail Releases March Update: Lots of Video of Bridges and Future Rail
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A look at some of the dramatic construction progress the LA Times won't tell you about
Downtown San Diego Opens First Block of 14th Street Neighborhood Greenway
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Last week, the city of San Diego opened the first segment of a planned 11-block neighborhood greenway in its Downtown area.
VTA Leaders Express Doubts about Legislation That Would Change Board Makeup
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Critics are emerging of AB 1091, Asm. Marc Berman's bill that would remake the VTA Board
State Legislation Would Reshape VTA Board
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New legislation would shake up the VTA board. But would service actually improve?
SBSF Interview : SPUR’S Nick Josefowitz on the First Steps for New Mega Measure
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Josefowitz : We can’t expect to put a regional measure on the ballot of the scale that was contemplated with Faster without confronting some of the governance challenges we have now.
L.A.’s Ambitious Homeless Program
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Bonin: "They say where there's a will there's a way; In this case, there has to be a way." Raman: "We need to be ambitious; I've heard the word 'hundreds' but we need be hearing 'thousands' [of new rooms to be added to Roomkey]."