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Advocates to Boxer: Save Funds for Safe Streets, Don’t Let House Gut NEPA

By Damien Newton and Tanya Snyder | Jun 22, 2012 | No Comments

(Note: Much of this story comes from “Making Lawmakers Answer for Pedestrian Deaths in Their Districts” that appeared on Streetsblog Capitol Hill yesterday.) No matter how you count it, California is a dangerous place for pedestrians. A recent report by Transportation for America showed that nearly 7,000 pedestrians were killed in California’s streets between 2001 […]

Donald Shoup Responds to California APA’s Opposition to Parking Reform Bill

By Juan Matute | Jun 19, 2012 | No Comments

[Editor’s note: The full letter from Donald Shoup to the American Planning Association on AB 904 can be found after the jump.] In 2004, when the American Institute of Certified Planners inducted Donald Shoup as a fellow — the American Planning Association’s (APA) highest honor — it called the UCLA professor “an academic authority on parking and its effects on […]

Tell Your State Senator to “Give Me 3” This Thursday

By Damien Newton | May 22, 2012 | No Comments

Senate Bill 1464, the three-foot bike passing bill proposed by California Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), heads back to the Senate on Thursday, May 24 after sailing through committee last week. Buoyed by a strong campaign by the California Bike Coalition (CBC) and TransForm, thousands of supporters have already written letters to their senators urging them to pass the bill. […]

Take 2: As PA Gives Cyclists 4, CA’s “Give Me 3” Heads Back to Committee

By Damien Newton | Apr 2, 2012 | No Comments

State Senator Alan Lowenthal’s “Give Me 3″ legislation, S.B. 1464, is going back to the Senate Housing and Transportation Committee on April 17. The bill would require drivers to give cyclists a three foot passing berth when overtaking them. I say “going back” because nearly identical legislation, S.B. 910, was passed by both houses of the […]

It’s Take Two for the “Give Me 3″ State Bicycle Passing Law

By Damien Newton | Feb 28, 2012 | No Comments

On October 7th, Governor Jerry Brown shocked the California cycling community and snubbed Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and bill sponsor Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) when he vetoed Senate Bill 910, a proposed law that would have required motorists to give cyclists a three foot buffer when passing. However, proponents of the “Give Me 3″ bill are […]

STREETFILMS

¡Viva CicLAvia!

By Damien Newton | Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments

After sponsoring two Streetfilms of the first two CicLAvias, Los Angeles’ version of the open streets festival based on Bogota’s Ciclovia, Los Angeles Streetsblog faced a dilemma: How can we continue to cover the event that draws over a hundred thousand Angelenos to the streets? The Answer: Make a Streetfilm that was accessible to Southern […]

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