Today’s Headlines
- Bike-share will add electric bikes in San Francisco this April (Business Wire, SF Weekly)
- Oakland's Telegraph Avenue gets bus boarding islands along protected bike lanes (Medium)
- League of American Bicyclists releases Bicycle Friendly State report card (Sierra Club)
- Ventura County seeks input on “unmet transportation needs” (VC Star)
- Vision Zero may be working in SF, NY (Governing)
- Buses can deconcentrate poverty, promote equity (Chicago Policy Review)
- Republican Assemblymembers call on Governor Brown to invest in infrastructure (Desert News)
- Bill to outlaw fossil fuel vehicles brings (predictably) reactions from automakers (Transportation Today)
- Federal research funds help states test transportation technology (Transport Topics)
- Marin County has used environmentalism as cover to resist new housing, and the result: high costs and segregation (LA Times)
- Redevelop those dying malls for housing (Mercury News)
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Wednesday’s Headlines
Permanent car-free Hayes St? No right turns on red? And why aren't new cars safer for people outside them? Carbon pollution costs a lot; More
California Has to Stop Building Freeways. Now.
"People aren't used to thinking of freeways as fossil fuel infrastructure, but they are." And once built, there's no going back, no making up for the extra driving by trying to convince people that a bus or train might be a better choice - we're stuck with it.
Metro September 2023 Board Committee Round-Up: C Line, 91 Freeway Widening, and More
Transit ridership and freeway funding are up. $14 million for MicroTransit was postponed. South Bay C Line extension draws both controversy and support. Law enforcement, Taylor Swift, bus lanes, and more!
What is the Life of a Dead Pedestrian Worth?
A Seattle police officer sparked outrage when he joked that the death of pedestrian Jaahnavi Kandula might be settled for as little as $11,000. Some families get even less.
Pols: Congress Must Bolster Sustainable Commutes to Reduce Carbon and Congestion
The feds should bolster sustainable commuting modes and transportation demand management strategies.
