Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Fresno

It’s “Transit Christmas” for These Bus and Train Projects in Obama’s Budget

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 3, 2015 | 10 Comments

In addition to the broad strokes of transportation policy outlined by the White House yesterday, the Obama administration also put out a much more specific proposal: the list of transit expansion projects recommended for funding in fiscal year 2016. Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire and Talking Headways fame called it “Transit Christmas.” Though the […]

Talking Headways Podcast: California Über Alles

By Tanya Snyder | May 1, 2014 | 2 Comments

Welcome to our all-California, all-the-time episode of the Talking Headways podcast. We start with a statewide debate over whether $60,000+ Teslas should qualify for tax breaks — or whether any electric vehicles should get tax breaks. Then on to the conversation about how California’s cap-and-trade dollars should be spent. One proposal, from the State Senate leader, […]

Talking Headways Podcast: How Does This Podcast Make You Feel?

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 12, 2014 | 7 Comments

This week, Jeff Wood and I get indignant about Miami-Dade County’s misuse of transit funds for roads, and we speculate about why — with the current success of pedestrian projects like Times Square — old-style pedestrian malls are still going belly-up. And then we peek behind the curtain at an exciting new frontier for urban […]

Fresno City Council Slams the Brakes on BRT

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 31, 2014 | 8 Comments

Sprawl and big money prevailed over progress last night in Fresno. The City Council dealt a major blow to local plans for smart planning and bus rapid transit, but stopped short of killing the project completely. About $50 million in federal and state grants have been secured to build a bus rapid transit system and […]

Fresno BRT Threatened By Last-Minute Smear Campaign

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

The city of Fresno, California, is a sprawling place, not known for having a strong transit system. But it’s been making big strides. Last year, this city of 500,000 passed a “general plan” that called for 45 percent of new development to be “infill,” or built in already developed areas. The plan relies on beefing […]

Federal Government Offers a Helping Hand to Six Struggling Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 14, 2011 | No Comments

In a move to help buoy crisis-stricken cities, the Obama Administration this week introduced a program designed to provide administrative support to help local government officials “cut through the red tape” and access urgent federal assistance. “Strong Cities, Strong Communities” will offer expert technical support — but not additional funding — in the areas of […]