California
Basics
Santa Monica Installs In-Street E-Scooter Parking Corrals
The city is looking for solutions to clutter from dockless shared scooters and bikes.
November 8, 2018
Lawsuit Aims to Destroy E-Scooter Companies
A class action lawsuit charges them with "gross negligence," being a public nuisance, and "aiding and abetting" assault.
October 22, 2018
Transit Public School Set For Blighted L.A. Lots
For black stakeholders eager to shed the despised "Death Alley" label and address the damage rooted in segregationist policies, the stakes feel especially high
October 22, 2018
Highway Boondoggles: US 101 Expansion in San Mateo, California
Caltrans has widened U.S. 101 seven times since 1996 and hasn't cured congestion. But it's not going to try a new approach.
June 28, 2018
The Bus Not Taken: How Easy Auto Loans Reinforced Car Dependence and Killed Transit Ridership
Easy credit added 5 million cars to American roads in 2015 -- a blow to transit agencies and a precarious situation for borrowers.
February 15, 2018
Former California Mayor Calls New Bikeway “Urban Rape”
"No other word would be proper" to describe the bike lane besides "rape," according to the former mayor of San Luis Obispo.
February 9, 2018
What Will It Take for Sacramento to Make Walking Safer in Poor Neighborhoods?
Police and city planners in Sacramento have come under scrutiny in the weeks since police were caught on tape assaulting Nandi Cain, Jr., a black man, during a jaywalking stop. Cain, who was legally using an unmarked crosswalk, has since filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city. Now, reporters are looking into why there are so few marked crosswalks in one of Sacramento's poorest areas.
April 27, 2017
Why Cities Are Starting to Decriminalize Fare Evasion
With renewed public attention on the excessive criminalization of poor people and people of color, some transit agencies and law enforcement officials are reevaluating their fare evasion policies.
March 8, 2017
How Could Transit Agencies Cope With a Sudden Loss of Federal Funds?
Under Trump and the Republican Congress, transit agencies can't be certain the funding they're expecting will materialize. Via TransitCenter, here's a look at how cities have coped with the sudden and dramatic loss of resources.
January 24, 2017
Transit Vote 2016: California’s Transportation Funding Ballot Initiatives
We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives next week with a look at California. Previous installments in this series examined Indianapolis, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, and Raleigh. All three of Streetsblog's west coast editors contributed to this article: Melanie Curry of Streetsblog CA, Roger Rudick of Streetsblog SF, and Joe Linton of Streetsblog LA.
November 7, 2016