San Jose’s tree canopy is disappearing. The city is working to reverse the trend, but advocates say in...
Op-ed: Public transit is a public health solution
For anyone navigating Silicon Valley, traffic can seem like just a backdrop to daily life. It’s easy to accept long lines of cars on Highway 101 during rush hours, idling buses at crowded stops and students waiting beside busy intersections as part of the price we pay for living here. But that normalization masks a dirty secret: Our roads are a public health crisis in plain sight. Transportation remains California’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for nearly 40% of the state’s total footprint. Yet while climate is often part of the conversation around transportation, its local impacts extend...
