Today’s Headlines

8:16 AM PDT on September 15, 2021

NTSB chair calls for fundamental rethink of transportation planning (Smart Cities Dive)
Saving public transportation and the untapped potential of listening (The City Fix)
Brompton bike company urges cities to become safer and sustainable (Bicycling)
Illinois passes a groundbreaking equitable climate bill (NRDC)
Amsterdam built an underwater bike garage/aquatic habitat (Fast Company)
Bruce's Beach to be returned to family's heirs (California City News)
Court rules that San Mateo improperly denied a housing development (San Mateo Daily Journal)
Coastal fog is declining worldwide as climate shifts (Santa Cruz Lookout)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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Melanie Curry @StreetsblogCal

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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