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Articles by Miriam Pinski
Scope creep in California’s equitable mobility policy: Competing or complementing policy goals?
ABSTRACT Transportation programs are often tasked with myriad policy goals. In this paper, we measure the extent to which these goals may conflict or complement each other. Specifically, we assess how well shared mobility pilot programs—including bikeshare, microtransit, and carshare—in disadvantaged communities across California perform on two of their legislatively-mandated goals: (1) reduce greenhouse gas emissions and (2) improve mobility equity.
Plate Tectonics
Automobile with Maryland and Washington, DC, license plates, 1910. Photograph by Harris & Ewing. [Library of Congress] The United States is suffering an epidemic of license plate violations. Cars with fake paper temporary tags, plates obscured with plastic, expired plates, bent plates, or no tags at all, suddenly seem to be everywhere. Blame has been attributed to lax enforcement, strong incentives to avoid tolls and fines, and the collapse of social norms.
Five ways to reduce traffic and make California streets safer in 2024
For Californians, 2023 was yet another year spent sitting in traffic. It was another year of tragic and preventable pedestrian deaths. We can do better. Californians don’t have to surrender to traffic-choked, dangerous streets. Nor must we wait around in hopes that autonomous vehicles will save us. We already have low-cost, low-tech street safety policies that are tried and true.
Op-Ed: Why It's So Hard to Get a Simple Red Light Camera — Streetsblog USA
There is an intersection near my house with a traffic light. When the light turns green and the pedestrian timer starts, I don’t cross. I pause first and wait. I'm not alone. The street is next to an elementary school, and during school hours, even the crossing guards pause before guiding kids across. The reason is simple: more often than not, a driver will run the red light. We know how dangerous the street can be, how few drivers can stand to wait a few moments to follow the traffic laws.
Why does California revoke licenses as punishment for things that have nothing to do with driving?
Under SB1055, the California Department of Motor Vehicles can no longer automatically revoke a low-income parent’s noncommercial driver’s license if they fall behind on their child support payments. The statute reforms a counterproductive license policy but falls short of repealing it. Instead, it sets a floor on who is eligible to lose their license, one that cushions some indigent parents but does not shield anyone in arrears that earns more than 70% of their county’s median income.
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