Recent Streetsblog USA posts about California

Parking Madness: San Bernardino vs. Houston

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 28, 2013 | 36 Comments

With Milwaukee, Tulsa, Dallas, Louisville, Cleveland, and Atlanta advancing to the second round of Parking Madness, there are only two spaces left in the Elite Eight of parking disasters. In this installment, we’re looking at two very different cities, each of which is extremely car-centric in its own way. It’s San Bernardino versus Houston. Let’s start with […]

LaHood: “We’re Not Giving Up on High-Speed Rail” in California

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 7, 2012 | 27 Comments

California Republicans from Fresno and Bakersfield put their foot down in a House hearing yesterday, rejecting the high-speed rail project whose initial segment would run between those two cities. Rep. Jeff Denham, whose district includes Fresno, is the author of an amendment, passed in June, to ensure that no more federal money gets spent on […]

Shoup: Free Parking to Blame for California’s Solo Car Commuting Habit

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 13, 2012 | 5 Comments

Nonprofit reporting group California Watch recently looked at how Californians travel to work and concluded that free parking provided by the state’s employers is leading to a lot of street-clogging solo car commuting. Californians are only slightly more likely than the average American to carpool (11.4 percent) or ride public transit (5.2 percent) to work, and […]

Two Big Wins For Mayors With Sustainable Transpo Cred

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 7, 2012 | No Comments

On the local level, the night’s biggest win for sustainable transportation was the victory of Kirk Caldwell over Ben Cayetano to be mayor of Honolulu. Caldwell had won just 29 percent of the vote in the three-way primary race, facing a steep uphill battle in the general election versus Cayetano, a popular former governor who had pulled in […]

San Diego Chooses Between Two Bicycle Boosters For Mayor

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 31, 2012 | 5 Comments

The election is less than a week away. Americans have a choice between a) a president who has overseen notable transportation and land use innovations but failed to provide leadership when the national transportation bill could have been reformed, and b) a former governor who enacted a progressive, pro-smart-growth agenda but who has renounced those […]

Study: 10% More Smart Growth = 20% Less Driving

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 17, 2012 | 12 Comments

A professor at San Francisco State University recently developed an econometric model to study how smart growth affects travel behavior. His finding: quite a bit. Dr. Sudip Chattopadhyay measured the impact of certain smart growth indicators on 18 metro areas across the U.S. He found that a 10 percent increase in smart growth amenities — […]

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