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The End for LOS in California? State Wants Input on a New Planning Metric

By Melanie Curry | Feb 10, 2014 | No Comments

With little fanfare, California is considering a change in how it measures transportation impacts that could herald a major change in environmental law. SB 743, passed and signed into law in September, is a potential game changer because it could completely remove LOS — Level of Service, a measure of car traffic congestion — from […]

Gov’s Report to Caltrans: Get Out of the Way of Protected Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 31, 2014 | 6 Comments

Caltrans needs to stop focusing so much on moving cars and let cities build safer street designs with protected bike lanes, says a new report commissioned by Governor Jerry Brown and CA Transportation Secretary Brian Kelly. The report [PDF] calls out Caltrans’ “archaic” practices when it comes to imposing outdated, automobile-centric design standards on city streets in California, and says […]