Damien Newton

...and for enforcement of good e-moto laws already on the books.

"I think everyone agrees there's a safety issue with motorized bikes and modified e-bikes being treated as bicycles, but based on early reviews this legislation won't solve those problems."

"None of this required secret meetings or hidden language in the bill. It only required repetition — and the willingness to treat worst-case hypotheticals as settled fact."

But transit and active transportation also get boosts.

Great progress and success in the Bay Area, while So Cal lags.

The Alphabet-owned company announced plans to begin mapping city streets and launching limited operations sometime next year — but whether that move will help advance San Diego’s safety and climate goals remains to be seen.

To truly solve tangled traffic in California (and across the U.S.), we need to take the problem out of the hands of the road builders and address the root causes of congestion: building more affordable housing near jobs and improving public transportation options.

Car company executives make good rhetorical foils. But they can't be held responsible for the state's shortcomings.

High-speed rail in the Central Valley by 2032, to the Bay by 2038, and to L.A. by...sometime...

High Speed Rail has only become a partisan in recent years. But under Trump, it's become hyper-partisan.