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CA High-Speed Rail Breaks Ground in Fresno

By Melanie Curry | Jan 8, 2015 | No Comments

California signaled its commitment to high-speed rail with a groundbreaking Tuesdayday in Fresno. The ceremony, featuring a speech by Governor Jerry Brown, marks the official beginning of construction on the long-awaited train. It also puts California on track to be the first state in the nation to build high-speed rail. That depends on how you […]

San Diego Fights CA Courts for Its Highway-Happy Plan to Increase Emissions

By Melanie Curry | Dec 19, 2014 | No Comments

Despite what CA’s courts say, San Diego insists on plans to widen freeways in its 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, even if it defies the state’s ambitions to reduce climate-changing car dependency. As Eric Jaffe at CityLab wrote, the story is told in one simple chart created by opponents of the plan, which shows that it projects that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions […]

California Bicycle Coalition Announces Its 2015 Legislative Agenda

By Melanie Curry | Dec 15, 2014 | No Comments

The California Bicycle Coalition (CalBike) released its ambitious agenda for the 2015 legislative session. Their top priority is to increase funding for cities to build complete bike networks — not just piecemeal bikeways. Also on its agenda is the less glamorous but equally important task of clarifying some outdated regulations that prevent people from riding bikes. The list […]

CA Legislature’s New Session: Hit-and-Run, Cap-and-Trade, No Tolls for Bikes

By Melanie Curry | Dec 9, 2014 | No Comments

A new California legislative session started last week with the swearing-in of ten new Senators and 27 new Assemblymembers, the introduction of a hundred new bills between the two houses, and adjournment until January 5. These first-out-of-the-gate bills can be discussed in hearings as soon as the legislature reconvenes, since by then they will have […]

CA Seeks Input on 2015 Active Transportation Program Guidelines

By Melanie Curry | Dec 8, 2014 | No Comments

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) is seeking input on revised guidelines for the Active Transportation Program (ATP). The ATP is the main source of state funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects, mostly through federal transportation grants to local cities. The proposed changes to the ATP guidelines are mostly minor, but include eliminating the requirement for matching […]

Caltrans Grants $550 Million to Transit Projects Statewide

By Melanie Curry | Dec 5, 2014 | No Comments

Caltrans announced over the holiday weekend that it has allocated one of the remaining chunks of money from Prop 1B, the massive transportation bond act approved by California voters in 2006. Over $550 million was awarded to transit capital projects throughout the state. The projects include building transit centers and bus stop facilities, replacing buses […]

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