Bittersweet for CA bike advocates to see Laura Friedman present her last bike bill on the Assembly floor, but sweet that it was CalBike's AB 2290 Better Bikeway Bill! Even sweeter that it passed 50-12! Huge thank you Laura Friedman for your 🚲 leadership over your tenure.

JOB! Lead a coalition reimagining transportation and climate in California. ClimatePlan is hiring a new executive director. climateplan.org/jobs

Join this team! It's incredible!

JOB: ClimatePlan is hiring a new Executive Director - seeking someone to lead this organization + coalition as they embark on an exciting new effort in statewide CA transportation advocacy. Help our coalition find someone great for this role! climateplan.org/jobs

Big thanks as well to Senator Catherine Blakespear Laura Friedman Damon Connolly Assemblymember Steve Bennett for your strong support of active transportation!

So sad to see Sacramento make this list. We have work to do City of Sacramento!

🧵New reporting from me on a story I've been covering for nearly five years. If you want to understand why Los Angeles and other cities are failing to make streets safer, the traffic killing of Alessa Fajardo is a case study. latimes.com/california/new…

Top-notch reporting by Ryan Fonseca on the crisis of rising pedestrian deaths on LA streets, and why we are failing to solve it by prioritizing fast driving over children's lives latimes.com/california/new…

SB 960 - Complete Streets on Caltrans Corridors ensures Caltrans considers bicycle, pedestrians, and transit users on state roads. Let's make sure it has strong language so safety isn't compromised due to funding issues. calbike.org/our_initiative…

I had the pleasure of talking to the most metal person in Sacramento: Alena Wong, now 16, who almost died at 12 after being hit by a car riding her bike to school. She's still a cyclist—even though the city hasn't slowed down traffic on her street. sacbee.com/news/local/art…

Metro and Caltrans still claim their fwy expansions will "reduce congestion and pollution." That is, "if people start carpooling... use the bus... use other modes of transportation." SO: IF THEY DON'T DRIVE ON THE NEW FWY LANES? This nonsense must stop la.streetsblog.org/2024/07/10/met…

Join me in SF on Sept 12 to celebrate 10 years of Streetsblog CA !!

Friends in the Bay Area! Join me at the 10th anniversary party for Streetsblog CA Sept 12!

#AB98 sets dangerously low standards for warehouse siting & operations that would fail to protect the people who will be the unenviable neighbors of new & expanding facilities. Vote NO Assemblymember Tina McKinnor Assemblymember Corey Jackson Damon Connolly Laura Friedman Assemblymember Liz Ortega Ash Kalra 🌱

This last minute gut/amend bill was developed in a backroom deal that excluded key stakeholders & groups who have been working on this issue for decades. There is not a single enviro org in support of this bill Assemblymember Steve Bennett Marc Berman Assemblymember Mia Bonta Isaac G. Bryan Wendy Carrillo