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Today’s Headlines

8:30 AM PST on March 8, 2023

    • Vartabedian notices the price of building high-speed rail is rising (CalMatters)
    • Why high-speed rail is still a bargain for California (Mercury News)
    • Los Angeles is a great walking city (NY Times)
    • Predicting future transit ridership is tricky (Governing)
    • More on LA Metro's new ambassadors (LAist)
    • Berkeley's future ferry service must be electric (Berkeleyside)
    • Bill would help provide more equitable transportation for seniors, people with disabilities (Gold Rush Cam)
    • Ancient resilient cities lasted for centuries by investing in infrastructure, sharing governance, and cooperating (Popular Science)

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Melanie Curry
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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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