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Newly Confirmed Head of Federal Vehicle Safety Agency Has His Work Cut Out For Him
As the nation hurtles towards a brave new world of autonomous and electric vehicles, the NHTSA's work will affect everyone.
May 27, 2022
Bill to Prohibit Building Freeways through Sensitive Communities Moves to Assembly Floor
The bill would prohibit Caltrans from using state resources on any project, or on permitting any project, that does not meet certain criteria measured by the California Healthy Places Index.
May 19, 2022
Governor Doubles Down on Money for Car Owners in Revised Budget Proposal
A huge surplus, relief for car owners, and peanuts for the best form of climate action available: active transportation
May 13, 2022
Progress on California’s High-Speed Rail
Some people are beginning to notice that the project is actually happening
May 12, 2022
NHTSA Releases the Facts on Bicycle Stop-as-Yield Laws: They Increase Safety
The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration has posted a short "safety fact sheet" summarizing the research on stop-as-yield laws. They reduce crashes.
May 6, 2022
Op-Ed: Electric Cars Are Not the Solution to Runaway Gas Prices
We need healthier, more affordable communities that are built for people, not cars.
April 25, 2022
California Voters (Still) Want their Bullet Train
56 percent of voters support continuing to build the state's high-speed rail system, with only 35 percent opposed, according to a new study from Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies.
April 19, 2022
Why Does California Keep 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 9, 2022
Much-Needed Transit Assistance Announced
The American Rescue Plan will give California transit agencies another $632 million for operations
March 4, 2022
Induced Demand Is Hard to Explain – But It’s Crucial to Get It
For the last fifty years, road builders have tried to solve congestion by building more lanes, and it hasn't worked. Yet they still don't connect expanding capacity with increasing congestion.
March 2, 2022
