Today’s Headlines

8:08 AM PDT on May 23, 2019

NACTO says: Hey, cities, don't just give up at the intersections--design your bikeways through them
S.F. intersection to get pedestrian scramble after death of pedestrian (Hoodline)
Yes, ride-hail is making traffic congestion worse (ABC)
SCAG to host meetings throughout Inland Empire: weigh in on transportation plans (Redlands Daily Facts)
Study: Climate crisis is even more polarizing than abortion (Grist)
Ensuring affordable transit amid new technologies (Pacific Standard)
Some public art in Northern California (Comstock)
Why public spaces are critical (Governing)
Why S.B. 50 failed: Revenge of the suburbs? (LA Times)
- New York Magazine's take

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Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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