Today’s Headlines

8:11 AM PDT on June 9, 2021

Long live old bikes (Outside)
Speed camera bill held, but still needed (Capitol Weekly)
Self-driving trucks are coming (The Drive)
Federal transportation bill needs to focus on the future (NRDC)
One of the arguments about the federal bill is how much funding should go to transit (SmartCitiesDive)
Everyone has to cross roads, so why aren't pedestrians the focus of road safety? (The Conversation)
The joy of crossing paths with strangers (New Yorker)
Safety barriers going up on Highway 41 (Your Central Valley)
Eagle Rock set to get bus-only lanes, but arguments are not over (Mass Transit)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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