Today’s Headlines

8:13 AM PDT on March 29, 2023

Speed cameras reduce speeds (CBC)
Reducing speeds increases safety (IIHS)
It's not the bike lane's fault that you're a bad driver (Jalopnik)
1.3 million people die in traffic every year (Washington Post)
Newsom signs bill to investigate gas price gouging (Governor's Press Office, CalMatters Spectrum)
Can California end corporate greenwashing? (LA Times)
Bay Area transit to test out free/discounted transfers across agencies (KTVU)
Yup, traffic noise is pushing up your blood pressure (CNN)
Long Beach and Pasadena get money from federal Reconnecting Communities program (LAist)
LA County gets millions in state infrastructure money (NBC)
Butte County gets over $20 million (KRCR)
Mariposa County gets money for State Route 140 (Sierra News Online)
Yuba City Highway 99 junction to be "improved" for trucks (Appeal Democrat)
Bill could "unleash" state lawsuits on housing (SF Chronicle)

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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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