I like a good cliffhanger as much as the next guy. But when it comes to making our communities safer and easier to get around, I’d rather not be left wondering whether things will turn out all...
Social equity
06/11/2015
UPDATE 7/1/2015: SB 9 was amended to remove the provision limiting TIRCP funds to projects of over $100 million. We would still like to see the provision prioritizing projects with additional...
06/02/2015
California is at it again – leading the nation and now the world. This time we are showing leadership on tackling our two greatest crises together: combatting the climate crisis, and doing so in a...
05/21/2015
It was a packed house on Wednesday night as the best and the brightest advocates, planners, and community leaders gathered at TransForm with one thing on their mind: preventing displacement in...
04/30/2015
This blog was co-authored by Charisse Ma Lebron, director of community development and health policy with Working Partnerships USA, and Chris Lepe, senior community planner with TransForm.
Should...
04/28/2015
The atmosphere at our 4th annual Transportation Choices Summit yesterday was electric. Over one hundred advocates, experts, and community leaders came from all over California by plane, train, bike,...
04/16/2015
In transportation, it’s easy to become frustrated by the slow, dribbling pace of change. New bus lines can take years to complete. New trains can take decades. Financial downturns...
03/13/2015
Our third annual Let’s Get Moving, Silicon Valley Summit may have been our best one yet!
Last Saturday, 200 people (advocates, planners, policy makers, students, and other community members) came...
03/10/2015
Things are changing in the City of Oakland. Along streets newly striped with green bike lanes and under the watch of a homegrown Mayor, neighborhoods are seeing a flurry of plans that have been...
03/03/2015
South San Francisco—known by locals as South City—has always been a predominantly working class community. Its identity as an industrial city is rooted in a long history of supporting labor unions,...