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Families for Safe Streets Founder ‘Disgusted’ That NYS Law to Slow Down Cars is Being Use for Bikes
Amy Cohen says she is disgusted and we will not be quiet about the Adams administration warping the intent behind a decade of her work for safe streets.
Amy Cohen
June 8, 2025
Bakersfield Convenes Grand Jury to Investigate Bike Lanes
Kendra Ramsey is the executive director of CalBike. On May 27, 2025, the Kern County Grand Jury released a preliminary report titled The Proliferation of Bike Lanes: Whose Road Is It? The grand jury had been asked to “examine the impact of bike lanes in Bakersfield.” It returned findings that questioned the value of installing […]
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Kendra Ramsey
June 3, 2025
Richmond to Formalize Citizen Bus Benches
Will the city of Richmond show how to stop bad actors in city bureaucracies from destroying transit and Vision Zero installations?
June 2, 2025
Advocates Pop-Up Safety on 9th Street in Berkeley
Bike East Bay and other volunteers help show neighbors how much nicer a street can be without cars screaming back and forth
April 22, 2025
Map Quest: Meet The City’s Most Dangerous Drivers (And Where They’re Preying On You)
A map of the city's most reckless drivers shows how prolific the problem of super-scofflaws is in the five boroughs.
Sophia Lebowitz
April 15, 2025
StreetSmart Episode 6: Zack Deutsch-Gross and the CA Cap-and-Trade Program
Damien and Zack Deutsch-Gross discuss why the state needs to reauthorize its cap-and-trade program now even though it doesn't expire until 2030.
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April 14, 2025
Volunteers Repaint and Repair Mural as Progress Continues on Converting Great Highway
Advocate/volunteers erase graffiti as the project to remake San Francisco's oceanfront moves steadily forward
March 25, 2025
Is the Overnight Train A Luxury or a Necessity?
Before the advent of the car in the 1960s, sleeper trains were America's primary method of long-distance transportation — but today, it's more often seen as a luxury. Is it time for that to change?
With the recent fear of air traveling, is the time for...
Apolline Lamy
March 18, 2025
‘Complete Streets’ Webpage Falls Prey To Trump Purge
Some of the most basic technical resources cities use to build bike lanes and sidewalks were housed on a single government website, which was scrubbed shortly after Trump's inauguration. Now, advocates are scrambling to replace them.
February 23, 2025
East Bay Cities on Notice for Substandard Bikeways
Bike East Bay reviews a list of projects unrealized, despite city promises
February 21, 2025
