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Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Jun 22, 2022 | No Comments

Bass, Mejia, Darling, Hugo, All Extend Leads. Cedillo’s Out and Eunisses’s In (LAT)
Tim Deegan Interviews Gina Viola About Lessons of the Mayoral Primary (City Watch)
City Council Votes to Ban Bike Entrepreneurs on Sidewalks (Daily News)
Legislation Also Bans Bike Assembly on Sidewalks (NBC4)
California Has Lowest School Bus Use in Nation (LAT)
Coalition Urges Opposition to Bill That Would Kill Bike-Share with Insurance Requirements (CalBike)
Study: White Homeowners Benefit from Prop 13 More than Black, Latino Households (CalMatters)
Hundreds Come Out for Go Skateboarding Day in Long Beach (LB Post)
Biden Asks Congress to Suspend Gas Tax for Three Months (LAT)

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A bike mechanic and his four-legged assistant examine a bicycle in need of repair at a pop-up clinic in front of City Hall's west entrance. Photo: Damien Newton

Council Gives Final Nod to Ordinance that Bans Sidewalk Repair, Sale and Storage of Bicycles on Public Property

By Damien Newton | Jun 21, 2022 | No Comments

"If you have an issue with one or two people, you take it up with them. You don't pass a law that's going to make everyone's lives worse."

Vehicle-Into-Building Crashes 40% Higher Than Previously Thought

By Kea Wilson | Jun 21, 2022 | No Comments

U.S. drivers ram their cars into buildings about 100 times every single day, according to revised new estimates – and while that's 40 more daily collisions than previously thought, some experts suspect it may still be an undercount.

Study: We Can’t End Car Dependency Without Disincentivizing Driving

By Kea Wilson | Jun 21, 2022 | No Comments

Bad news, livable streets people: Motorists are generally far happier with their daily commutes than we are — an indication that investing in transit, biking and walking alone won't get drivers out of their cars.

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Jun 21, 2022 | No Comments

Poll: 93% Prefer Rail Tunnels to Monorail for Sepulveda Pass Project (Daily News)
Two-Way Protected Bikeway Coming to Pasadena’s Union Street (Pasadena Now)
Overview of Changes to Metro Service Levels (The Source)
CA Dems Vow to Investigate Cause of High Gas Prices, Again (Spectrum)
New Affordable Housing Is Expensive (LAT)
Check Out the Images from Pasadena’s Chalk Art Festival (SGV Tribune)
More on Gold Line Reaching the Half Way Point (Urbanize)
USA Is an Outlier with Increasing Traffic Deaths (City Lab)
But Hoboken New Jersey Seems to Have It Figured Out Too (Curbed)
It Might Rain Today (Daily News)

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Happy Juneteenth Day

By Streetsblog | Jun 20, 2022 | No Comments

The staff of Streetsblog is off today to mark the Juneteenth national holiday, the celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. in 1865. Streetsblog will be back publishing in full tomorrow, Tuesday, June 21.

SGV Connect 95: Gold Line Extension Is ‘On Time and On Budget’ at 50% Mark

By Damien Newton | Jun 17, 2022 | No Comments

This week sees a special #SGV Connect podcast with Damien Newton interviewing Habib Balian, the executive director of the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority. As we publish this podcast, the Authority is holding a press conference to celebrate the 50% completion point of the current Gold Line extension out to Pomona. For a full transcript […]

New Leadership at Bike East Bay Centers Mobility Justice

By Ginger Jui | Jun 17, 2022 | No Comments

The outgoing Executive Director of Bike East Bay, one of the Bay Area's biggest and and most active bike advocacy organizations, reflects on the group's efforts to center mobility justice and to embody it within its organizational structure.

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Jun 17, 2022 | No Comments

6th Street Viaduct Will Finally Open July 9 (Eastsider, Urbanize)
United to House L.A., Tax on $5 Million Home Sales, Qualifies for Ballot (Daily News)
ACT-LA Responds to Metro Review of Public Safety Advisory Committee (Twitter)
Drivers Would Not Have Saved $2400 if the Gas Tax Had Been Suspended (Sacramento Bee)
CA Asks Feds for Money for High-Speed Rail (Sacramento Bee)
SoFi Stadium ‘Wins’ World Cup Games. Rose Bowl Misses Out (Star-News)
If Biden Admin Did Push EV’s on Cyclists and Pedestrians, Would Anyone Bat an Eye? (The Onion)

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Fed. AV Crash Report Underscores How Little We Know About Robocar Safety

By Kea Wilson | Jun 16, 2022 | No Comments

Cars with advanced vehicle automation systems are involved in far more crashes than previously known — and automakers should be compelled to provide far more data to federal regulators to provide a clearer picture of the impact of this emerging technology on U.S. roads, safety advocates say.

Talking Headways Podcast: Megaregions and Our Future

By Jeff Wood | Jun 16, 2022 | No Comments

Why are megaregions so important for the future of our society and the planet?

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Jun 16, 2022 | No Comments

More on L.A.’s planned ban of bike repair on sidewalks (Curbed)
Overview of Metro’s Proposed Transit Project for North SFV (Daily News)
CA Senators Look for Federal Money for Olympics Transit Projects (Hey SoCal)
SoFi, Rose Bowl, Finalists for World Cup Matches (LAT)
Sheep Fire Now 85% Contained (SGV Tribune)
Garcetti’s Attempts to Strong-Arm Vote for Ambassadorship Backfiring (Politico)
Biden Admin. Taking a Serious Look at a Gas-Tax Holiday (The Hill)
Fare Free Transit Catching on Nationwide (Politico)

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