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California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | May 16, 2014 | 1 Comment

Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation and events related to sustainable transportation. This week, many of the bills that Streetsblog has been tracking are waiting for the budget committees to work through them, so there hasn’t been a lot of action. Traffic violations in school zones: S.B. 1151, Anthony Canella (R-Ceres), sailed through […]

CA’s Regional Agencies Tout Increased Ped Safety Funding in Sacramento

By Melanie Curry | May 15, 2014 | 5 Comments

The Peds Count! 2014 Summit kicked off in Sacramento with a panel of top-level executives from regional planning agencies celebrating their accomplishments in improving conditions for pedestrians. The speakers represented an alphabet soup of major metropolitan transportation agencies in California: SANDAG, the San Diego Association of Governments; SACOG, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments; SCAG, […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | May 9, 2014 | No Comments

Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation related to sustainable transportation. Clean vehicles: S.B. 1204, Ricardo Lara (D-Huntington Park/Long Beach) and Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), which passed the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality on a 6-1 vote, was read for the first time in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill creates the California Clean […]

CA High-Speed Rail Authority Certifies EIR for Fresno-to-Bakersfield Segment

By Melanie Curry | May 7, 2014 | 12 Comments

The California High Speed Rail Authority (CAHSRA) Board voted unanimously today to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the project segment between Fresno and Bakersfield in the Central Valley. This section of CAHSR can now move to the “final design” stage that precedes construction. This is the second segment of the project to have […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | May 2, 2014 | 7 Comments

Here’s Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of legislation and events related to sustainable transportation moving through the legislative process in Sacramento. Bike Racks on Buses: A.B. 2707, Ed Chau (D-Monterey Park), would allow transit agencies to install racks that can carry three bikes on the front of buses. Why does this require legislation? Current law limits the […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Apr 25, 2014 | 4 Comments

This week and the next are busy ones in Sacramento. Next Friday, May 2, is the last day policy committees (e.g. Transportation and Housing) can discuss bills that require a hearing in any fiscal committees (e.g. Appropriations). A.B. 2398, Marc Levine (D-San Rafael): The “vulnerable road user law” that raises the fines for drivers convicted […]

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