In this episode, Melanie Curry, editor of Cal.streetsblog.org, talks to California 43rd District Assembly Representative Laura Friedman about her appointment as new Chair of the State Assembly Transportation Committee.

"New Assembly Transportation Chair Friedman has shown that she understands the perspectives and concerns of people who bike, walk, and take transit, and since she took office in 2016, she has been unafraid to bring up those concerns, even if she’s the only one addressing them," writes Melanie Curry:

https://cal.streetsblog.org/2020/12/14/two-new-transportation-leaders-in-california-legislature/

Friedman's Zero Fatalities Task Force findings:

https://calsta.ca.gov/-/media/calsta-media/documents/calsta-report-of-findings-ab-2363-zero-traffic-fatalities-task-force-a11y.pdf