From car exhaust, to soot and even cigarette smoke, Google Maps will soon show the pollution you and your neighbors are breathing in.
Scientists at Berkeley National Laboratory created a small sensor that measures pollution. The sensor will eventually be installed on Google's Street View cars.
MyCarDoesWhat, a national public education campaign launched by the University of Iowa (UI) and National Safety Council (NSC), kicks off this week. The one-of-a-kind campaign is dedicated to educating and demonstrating to drivers vehicle safety technologies designed to help prevent crashes.
SANDAG adopts controversial $204B transportation plan (10.9.2015)
A plan that sets up a framework for future transportation projects around the region for the next 35 years was approved today by the San Diego Association of Governments.
The $204 billion plan was opposed by environmentalists and public transit advocates, who contend that the plan called "San Diego Forward'' doesn't go far enough in prioritizing mass transportation.
Supporters said the plan put together by the regional planning agency sets aside 75 percent of funding in the first five years to implement transit, bicycling and walking strategies.
Healthy Planning Leadership Series: What's New, What Matters, What's Next- Series Two- Planning for Active Design & Safety (10.21.2015)
The Planning for Active Design & Safety Webinar will feature cross-sector expert teams implementing innovative active design and safety projects in various areas across the state.
Participants will learn about the following objectives: * Provide examples of effective cross-sector partnership models to bring health and planning together to implement active design policies * Discuss effective examples of partnership to improve access to active transportation funding * Implement local strategies to integrate active design and safety into local policies * Be able to use health data, particularly where disparities exist, to inform policy change to reduce injuries
Fixed, The App That Fixes Your Parking Tickets, Gets Blocked In San Francisco, Oakland & L.A. (10.13.2015)
Fixed, a mobile app that fights parking tickets and other traffic citations on users' behalf, has had its parking ticket operations blocked in three of its top cities, San Francisco, Oakland and L.A. after the cities increased the measures they were taking to block Fixed from accessing their parking ticket websites.
Fixed customers could snap a photo of their parking ticket using their phone's camera, and then Fixed would check against a variety of common errors before writing a customized letter to the city on the user's behalf. The app also cleverly tapped into Google Street View to check to see if the city had the proper signage in place in the area a ticket was received.
The iHelp mobile application is designed to trigger safety alerts and track whereabouts of loved ones during emergencies. It can help users find the quickest and safest route to reach their families. As one of the top three international categories, the Best Disaster Mitigation Hack category recognizes work that supports disaster mitigation, emergency response or community support responding to disasters.
National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC)(10.15.2015)
National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC): Thursday, October 15th, from 1 pm to 3 pm at the Sierra Hearing Room (2nd floor) of the California Environmental Protection Agency building (1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA). If you are able to attend, a public webcast will also be available through the California Environmental Protection Agency's website.
Climate Change Quiz: How Informed Are You? (10.7.2015)
Climate change is happening. I prefer to call it "climate instability" because what we are really talking about is unpredictable, extreme weather thanks to warmer annual temperatures. Think record-breakers, like the historic deluge that just dumped on the East Coast this week or the seemingly never-ending drought in California. Scientists have amassed a database with over 26,000 biological and physical indicators telling us that there little doubt that our planet is warming and that the trend is heading in a very dangerous direction.
In California, Electric Cars Outpace Plugs, and Sparks Fly (10.10.2015)
Of all the states, California has set
the most ambitious targets for cutting emissions in coming decades, and an important pillar of its plan to reach those goals is encouraging the spread of
electric vehicles.
Under Director Leah Treat, PBOT is working to be more precise and public about the status of its many projects. And a new tool on its website looks a lot like a gimmick but is actually a pretty good new way to keep track of everything the city is up to. The tool is called the Portland Progress Dashboard.
Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics completes the Passenger and Air Cargo 2013 Traffic Comparison Report 2013-14. (Fall 2015)
The Report demonstrates that the California economy continues to get stronger and provides insights in how changes in the industry can impact local air travel options. A few of California's smaller commercial service airports have lost their passenger service providers but are attempting to lure a replacement provider. The uncertainty of maintaining less productive passenger routes can undermine a smaller airport's ability to stabilize its business plan and stay viable.
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