“Making safety improvements in school zones is obviously important, but not by increasing traffic fines.”
So concludes Governor Brown’s veto message on SB 1151, which would have helped make it...
Activism
09/16/2014
This morning, something changed for thousands of Californians who commute like I do – on a bicycle. Although we pedaled the same bikes along the same streets, heading from the same homes to the same...
08/25/2014
Thanks to the California legislature's latest decision, this little girl - like all of us - can breathe a little easier. On Friday, California Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg...
07/24/2014
Big oil hides behind good intentions, but don’t be fooled
There’s a new movement underway to deceive California voters, keep us dependent on costly oil for decades to come, pollute our...
07/17/2014
Low-income youth already face huge challenges when it comes to succeeding in school. Just getting to school shouldn’t be one of them.
Yet throughout California, it’s often too perilous - and...
04/02/2014
TransForm Board Member and Oakland resident Jame Ervin attends a planning commission meeting and hears the usual complaints: “We need more parking,” and “The project shouldn’t be so big because it...
03/03/2014
Most people don’t serve as Mayor, win the U.S. Green Building Council’s Award for Outstanding Community Organization, and land their dream job all in the same lifetime, unless you’re Ann Cheng...
09/17/2013
What’s kind of like Earth Day and Halloween combined – but even better?
TransForm’s favorite holiday: PARK(ing) Day!
Since 2005, when designers at the San Francisco-based Rebar first...
08/15/2013
The clock is ticking on the Governor’s Active Transportation Program proposal, which must be adopted by the Legislature by August 31. Inaction puts $134 million in annual funding for walking and...
06/12/2013
What happens when 50 people who want a better future for the Bay Area come together to educate themselves and decision-makers? It makes a difference!
Action, leadership, and inspiration are just a...