Damien Newton
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San Diego Making “Modest But Real” Gains on Vision Zero Goal
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In 2020, the pandemic resulted in a steep decline in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injuries in San Diego. Despite the decline in severe injuries and fatalities, harm to bicyclists and pedestrians remained high, with 27 bicycle and pedestrian fatalities and 58 serious injuries.
Assembly Forwards Bill To Make ‘Slow Streets’ Permanent
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“Los Angeles’ Slow Streets program has offered children, families, and constituents throughout our city the opportunity to play, exercise, and socialize, safely, throughout their neighborhoods during the pandemic and should be expanded,” said Nazarian.
Bill to Decriminalize “Jaywalking” Sails Through Assembly Transportation Committee
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A.B. 1238 heads to the Assembly floor for final passage before heading to the State Senate.
Q&A with Assemblyman Marc Berman Over Legislation to Change VTA
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Following the recommendations of a 2019 Santa Clara County Grand Jury Report, Assemblymember Marc Berman introduced legislation earlier this year that would dramatically remake the Board of Directors for the Valley Transit Authority (VTA).
VTA Leaders Express Doubts about Legislation That Would Change Board Makeup
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Critics are emerging of AB 1091, Asm. Marc Berman's bill that would remake the VTA Board
Bill Would Reshape Santa Clara Transit
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New legislation would shake up the VTA board. But would service actually improve?
SBSF Interview : SPUR’S Nick Josefowitz on the First Steps for New Mega Measure
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Josefowitz : We can’t expect to put a regional measure on the ballot of the scale that was contemplated with Faster without confronting some of the governance challenges we have now.
Building a Better Regional Ballot Measure w/ Seamless Bay Area’s Ian Griffiths
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As we prepare to bid goodbye to 2020, Streetsblog SF continues its interview series with local and national experts to lay the groundwork for the best possible transit mega-measure for 2022
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Margarita Parra Cobaleda and Shiloh Ballard
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We close out the series with a dual interview with Shiloh Ballard, the executive director of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, and Margarita Parra Cobaleda, a director with I ebike and board member of SVBC.
As California AG, Kamala Harris Took a Political Risk to Fight Climate Change
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When much of the establishment was praising a flawed Long Range Plan for San Diego, Harris joined local enviros to take SANDAG to court
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area”
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A chat with Angie Schmitt, a past editor with Streetsblog USA and author of the upcoming book, "Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America”
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Jeffrey Buchanan
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Policy Director of Working Partnerships Discusses What Can Be Done Now to Build a Great Ballot Measure