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CA Legislators Turn Their Attention to Transit Funding
California legislators held press events in Los Angeles and San Francisco on Friday to present new bills to boost transit funding as part of the special legislative session on transportation infrastructure.
August 18, 2015
It Just Works: Davis Quietly Debuts America’s First Protected Intersection
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
August 11, 2015
New Website Tracks How Well CA Cap-and-Trade Fights Climate Change
TransForm has unveiled the Climate Benefits Map, an interactive online tool that provides a centralized source tracking the benefits of California's cap-and-trade program, which helps fund transit and development projects.
July 16, 2015
California Legislative Update
In Sacramento, bills are beginning to move more quickly through the committee process as this week's policy committee deadline approaches. Below are highlights on some of the bills pertaining to sustainable streets issues.
July 13, 2015
Save the Date: CalBike Summit Coming in October
The California Bicycle Coalition's 2015 Bike Summit will take place in San Diego in late October, providign an opportunity for bike advocates from across the state to gather and discuss issues of this year's theme: equity.
June 16, 2015
CA Legislative Update: Budget, Cap-and-Trade, LOS, Gas Tax
This week the California legislature was mostly focused on the budget, since the Assembly and the Senate must by law present a budget bill to the governor by midnight on Monday, June 15. The joint Budget Conference Committee succeeded in producing an agreement [PDF] well before the deadline; their budget bill, A.B. 93, should be available later today, ready to be voted on in both houses on Monday.
June 12, 2015
California Legislative Update
This week Sacramento saw long hearings in the Senate and Assembly, as both houses pushed to meet their deadline to pass bills. Any bill that doesn’t pass its house of origin by the end of this week is dead–for this year at least.
June 5, 2015
Happy Bike to Work Day, California
Yes, yes, every day is bike to work day, but today is the day we get to celebrate it. Here's a photo of one group of happy participants in Berkeley, California, where the mayors of Copenhagen, Denmark and Jena, Germany joined Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates for a "mayorpalooza" bike ride through town.
May 14, 2015
California Legislative Update: Parking Requirements, Cap-and-Trade Funds
This week we're tracking some of the bills that got left out of last week's too-long legislative update. These bills relate to transportation funding, climate change, and urban planning.
May 8, 2015
Governor Orders Ambitious GHG Goals, But No Plan on How to Meet Them
California Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order calling for an ambitious response to climate change, and the media have been all over it.
May 1, 2015