Friday, September 25, 11 AM – 12 PM

Clean, accessible transportation– we all depend on it!

Join Terea Macomber, Electric Vehicle Director, Grid Alternatives, and Woody Hastings, Energy Program Manager, The Climate Center for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities in securing equitable, clean transportation policies and infrastructure, with moderator, CEO Ellie Cohen.

Terea and Woody will share their expertise about the fundamental need for reliable transportation- from public transport to personal vehicles and bikes—to ensure a functional society, how transportation policies have often been used to marginalize lower-income communities and communities of color, and how, working together, we can secure accessible, clean transportation for everyone. With transportation the single largest measured source of greenhouse gases in California, a rapid transition to greenhouse gas-free, equitable mobility is a key goal of The Climate Center’s Climate-Safe California campaign. We hope you will join us!

Register here.

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Author  Aarian Marshall

Seattle is sprouting. Census Bureau figures released earlier this year show that the city added 15,000 people between summer 2017 and summer 2018, a 2.1 percent jump from the prior year, marking the Emerald City as the nation’s second-fastest-growing large city. Construction of multifamily units is down slightly over last year, but the cranes are still swinging and the jackhammers still jacking: By July of this year, the city had issued permits for 15,000 apartment units.

Jim Curtain puts it more succinctly. “The building out here is going gangbusters,” he says.

So it’s curious, perhaps, that Curtain, the director of the project development division at Seattle’s Department of Transportation, is helping to slow the city down. Way down. This week, the DOT, along with Mayor Jenny Durkan, said it plans to lower the speed limit on all major roads to 25 mph, down from 40 mph in some places. Many residential streets in the city already top out at 20 mph.

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https://www.wired.com/story/seattle-joins-rush-slow-traffic-city-streets/?utm_campaign=citylab-daily-newsletter&utm_medium=email&silverid=%%RECIPIENT_ID%%&utm_source=newsletter

The town of Sonoma kicks off the holiday season with an evening of live music and performances, food trucks, special holiday displays, and a quarter-million sparkling lights around the historic plaza. The lights and festive atmosphere can be enjoyed daily through the season.

WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR is a series of free public programs featuring stories about the people, places and history of our lower Russian River communities, from Forestville to Jenner-by-the-Sea.

Each hour showcases musicians, artists, writers and characters from the Lower Russian River Area and surrounding region. WRH is dedicated to introducing and appreciating the wide and diverse talents of our residents; from the well known to those whose abilities deserve greater recognition.

You can be a part of pitching ideas for the featured stories in your own community: CONTACT US

Following each live performance in Monte Rio the program is broadcast on our local NPR station, listen HERE.

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North Bay: Pirate’s Cove Caper