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Coalition of California Advocates Headed to Sacramento to Save Transit

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 26, 2012 | 3 Comments

Members of a broad coalition hailing from throughout California are headed to Sacramento next week to push policymakers to save transit funding and enact sustainable transportation planning reforms. The Oakland-based transit advocacy group TransForm has amassed about 150 advocates to descend on the capitol for its two-day Transportation Choices Summit, the first known event of its […]

California’s Climate Laws Undermined by Weak Transpo Policies, Investment

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

A new report from NRDC and Smart Growth America — which examines what all 50 states are doing to curb greenhouse gas emissions from transportation — lauds California as the most progressive state on policy, but points out that its transportation and spending priorities don’t match the bold blueprints, particularly as it relates to public […]

New Study Quantifies High Personal Costs of Building CA Cities for Cars

By Matthew Roth | Nov 19, 2009 | 10 Comments

Click to enlarge: Annual household transportation costs in the Bay Area. California residents living in sprawling suburban developments could save billions of dollars every year if they lived in denser, urban zones and along transit corridors, according to a study released today by smart growth and transit advocates TransForm. Analyzing four metropolitan areas–Southern California, the […]

Sacto Transit Agency Tries an “Exclusion Policy” for Misbehaving Riders

By Michael Rhodes | Oct 16, 2009 | 5 Comments

Flickr photo: moppet65535 With several well-publicized violent incidents on Muni buses recently, including two brutal attacks and a videotaped fight, security has become a hot issue for the MTA. Though the agency actually reported a slight decrease in crime over the past fiscal year, it hasn’t matched the 13 percent citywide drop in the most […]

Instant Justice on the Streets of Sacramento

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2009 | 7 Comments

Here’s another installment in what could ideally become a series on how police departments are doing right by pedestrians and cyclists. We posted the Chicago bike video a couple of weeks back. We now present the Sacramento crosswalk sting. (Warning: Insufferable Geico commercial may precede video.) Back in April, TV station KCRA filmed a plainclothes […]