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Legislative Report Says: Align Transportation Money with Climate Goals. Now: How?
Last year's A.B. 285 called for a study of how California's transportation investment programs support the state's climate goals. The programs under the microscope work fine, say the results. But all the other programs need to reprioritize spending as well.
March 14, 2022
BikeSummit Preview: Advocacy Success Stories
As a preview of the upcoming California Bicycle Summit, CalBike recently offered "Advocacy Success Stories," a sort of mini-summit session.
March 14, 2022
Survey: 80 Percent of Motorists Say They’ll Drive Less As Gas Prices Soar
As gas prices soar, we're offering full team coverage today. First, Kea Wilson looks at how American motorists say they'll drive less while transportation expert Charles Komanoff thinks sustainable transportation advocates are lying to themselves if they think Americans are really going to stop driving so much (see his article to the right).
March 11, 2022
KOMANOFF: Skyrocketing Gas Prices Won’t Unjam U.S. Roads
Only a stiff congestion price can meaningfully cut traffic congestion. And only organizing can get us better transit and safe bicycling networks.
March 11, 2022
An update on Mexico City, an overlooked sustainable transportation innovator
It's way past time for the urban planning world to stop overlooking the many successes of Latin American cities like Mexico City to find innovative ways to improve walking, biking, and transit.
March 11, 2022
London Imposes $16/Day Fee on Dirtiest Cars, And Sparks Debate Across the Pond
Mayor Sadiq Khan leads again. Will the U.S. follow?
March 11, 2022
Chicago Auto Show producers sponsor contest that produces awful victim-blaming PSAs
Recently Streetsblog contributor A.J. LaTrace discussed the absurdly large SUVs and pickup trucks on display at the Chicago Auto Show. These machines have massive blind spots that make it difficult to detect a child in front of the vehicle, and their absurdly high grilles that basically ensure that a struck pedestrian or bike rider will […]
March 11, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Development and Climate Action
This week, Adie Tomer from Brookings talks about how transit-oriented development and active transportation play into climate strategies. We talk about mitigation versus adaptation strategies and what solutions work best for each.
March 10, 2022
California Keeps Building Freeways in a Climate Crisis
A new report from the California Strategic Growth Council calls for the urgent need to shift the state’s transportation funding priorities away from highways and towards sustainable mobility.
March 10, 2022
Advocates to Biden: Car Dependence — Not Gas Prices — Is America’s Real Crisis
The U.S. ban on Russian oil has sustainable transportation advocates urging leaders to take action before surging gas prices overwhelm American families — by giving them access to the active and shared transportation they have long needed.
March 9, 2022