$4 Million Child Wrongful Death Verdict
By Andy Gillin Feb 9, 2018
In what appears to be the largest wrongful death settlement for a child in California history, the family of a 4-year- old girl killed in a traffic accident has... Read More
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San Jose Alcohol Related Injuries Are Up
By Andy Gillin Apr 26, 2017
Compared to other population centers in California, the San Jose area appears to be doing well at limiting alcohol-involved injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol’s latest report on... Read More
Untangling 27th Street in Oakland
By Andy Gillin Jul 27, 2016
As Oakland remakes key Downtown corridors such as Telegraph, Harrison, and 20th, big changes are also in store for 27th Street. Oakland recently submitted a grant application to the... Read More
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Rethinking BART to Santa Clara
By Andy Gillin May 2, 2016
After nearly two decades of planning, the timeline for completion of the Silicon Valley BART extension remains uncertain. Later this year, BART will open a five mile, $890 million... Read More
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BART’s bond measure: aiming too low?
By Andy Gillin Mar 28, 2016
Over the past few weeks, BART and Los Angeles’ Metro have each made big headlines, albeit for very different reasons. In the Bay Area, BART’s ongoing mechanical problems are... Read More
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Where should a second Transbay Tube go?
By Andy Gillin Mar 2, 2016
There is a growing consensus that building a second Transbay Tube is critical to the Bay Area’s future. Transbay ridership has skyrocketed in recent years – MTC’s ongoing Core... Read More
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How can Oakland fix Grand Avenue?
By Andy Gillin Dec 18, 2015
Grand Avenue is broken. Like countless other streets in Oakland, the design of Grand Avenue no longer serves the people and communities that use the street. However, while Oakland... Read More
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Survey: most Temescal shoppers don’t drive
By Andy Gillin Jul 23, 2015
The City of Oakland, in partnership with UC Berkeley, recently conducted a survey of shoppers in Temescal along a controversial segment of Telegraph Avenue to better understand the travel... Read More
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What is a protected intersection?
By Andy Gillin Jul 20, 2015
As protected bike lanes become more common across the U.S., the way in which we design intersections is also evolving. American cities are on the cusp of implementing the... Read More
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The worst bike lane in the world?
By Andy Gillin Jul 7, 2015
Streetsblog California recently proclaimed a new bike lane in Orinda “The Worst Bike Lane in the World.” The bike lane sits outside of our office on Camino Pablo, straddling... Read More
Mandatory helmet law gutted. Now what?
By Andy Gillin May 1, 2015
Good news out of Sacramento: S.B. 192, Senator Liu’s disastrous law mandating helmets and reflective gear for bicyclists, was gutted thanks to strong backlash from bicycle advocates across the... Read More
GJEL Legal Dictionary
By Andy Gillin Apr 30, 2015
Below you will find the GJEL Personal Injury Legal Dictionary sorted in alphabetical order. These are common terms you might see used in a personal injury case. [lwptoc title=”List... Read More
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The perils of driving in Los Angeles rain
By Andy Gillin Jan 12, 2015
Los Angeles is famous for freaking out when it rains. Recently, Noah Deneau, an electrical engineer from Austin, Texas, graphically illustrated the effect of rain on the rate of... Read More