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How Cities Get Free Bike and Bus Upgrades from Developers

L.A. City could shift current resources that today go to widening streets — and instead upgrade sidewalks, bus stops, and bike lanes — especially when new development pays for it.

March 13, 2024

California Launches New Transportation Equity Tool

The Transportation Equity Index maps out crash rates and creates a new way to map out multimodal access.

March 4, 2024

Caltrans Releases Long-Awaited Complete Streets Guidelines

So is Senator Scott Wiener's Complete Streets bill necessary? Yes, it is.

February 9, 2024

Die-In Rally Calls on LA Mayor to End Record Traffic Deaths

336 people were killed in L.A. City traffic crashes in 2023 — the highest total in over 20 years. Safe streets advocates are urging the city to take Vision Zero seriously.

January 29, 2024

OPINION: Could Pedestrian Reflectors Reduce Fatal Crashes in the United States?

Over a dozen European countries require pedestrians wear reflectors at night. Should American municipalities follow suit?

January 16, 2024

“Watch Out, Amsterdam”: Santa Monica Cuts Ribbon Opening Ambitious Curb-Protected 17th Street Bikeway

Santa Monica's recently completed 17th Street bikeway improvements have a "region leading design" featuring Southern California's first protected "Dutch-style" intersections, plus concrete curb protection, and makes great connections to the city's growing bikeway network.

December 4, 2023

How To Build a Car That Kills People: Cybertruck Edition

The Cybertruck represents a lot of what's wrong with the U.S. transportation system — even as it purports to address those problems.

December 2, 2023

MEGA-CAR CRISIS: SUVs Kill Pedestrians, But So Do Blunt-Fronted Sedans, Study Says

Even shorter cars are 26 percent more likely to kill a pedestrian in a crash if they have the SUV-style blunt-faced design, a new study finds.

November 14, 2023

What One Florida Woman’s Act of Street ‘Vandalism’ Says About the Sad State of Pedestrian Access in America

An Orlando woman is standing up to her neighbors who worry that opening their street to foot traffic will set off a crime wave — and sparking a conversation about who has the power to say who walks where.

November 7, 2023