CAL FIRE Tulare Unit personnel in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, OCFA and Tulare County Fire created a debris collection system at Lake Success today. This system uses a chain of booms to act as a barrier for large objects in the water that could cause blockages downstream.

Forced and mandatory parking minimums are contributing to our housing and climate crisis. Outdated parking standards need major reform in downtown cores and along impacted rail and transit lines. We are working on a major federal bill to address this challenge.

An hour-long video tells the history of Tulare Lake, illustrated with old photos and maps: youtube.com/watch?v=Vno7tD…

Made a few maps illustrating the impact of transit frequency on non-work access to destinations in the Sacramento area.

We're proud to announce MetROW, the watery transit option for those who don't mind rowing the boat. Our Metro Coxswains are here to help you huff, puff and get where you're going. 🎣 allowed. Eat 🐟 with extreme caution. #April 1

Join us Thursday at 5:30pm with local universities, nonprofits, community leaders, designers, and more to learn about and find a team for our Design Grants program. Are you an activist, organizer, data analyst, storyteller, or artist? Share your expertise! eventbrite.com/e/547942168777

Access to opportunities can be tough to define. Anson Stewart sheds light on measures to do so next time you're selecting a project. Join us at June's TRB Innovations in Travel Analysis and Planning Conference in Indianapolis. Register today! #TRBplanning ow.ly/1QbE50NihBJ

Painful headways. Even after cutting schedules for July, MBTA still claims this bus comes every 15 minutes or less.

New research! We developed multiple approaches to infer mobility of care and women's travel on transit using fare card data: “Can Mobility of Care Be Identified from Transit Fare Card Data? A Case Study in Washington D.C.” doi.org/10.32866/001c.….

In Philadelphia, SEPTA now offers college students a dirt-cheap "all-you-can-ride" transit pass --but only if their school buys one for ALL students. Swarthmore is the first to sign on. It's a model more colleges (& transit agencies) should consider. 🧵⬇️ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

525am: Well, that escalated quickly. Storms erupting across much of SE CA & far SW AZ. Flash Flood Warnings west of El Centro where over 2" of rain has fallen in just over the past hour. Another cluster of storms heading towards Yuma the next 1-2 hours. #cawx #azwx