Today’s Headlines

8:29 AM PDT on May 10, 2023

Decision time for state leaders: Save transit, or watch it collapse (Sacramento Bee, Yahoo)
Needed: A new vision of transit safety (Transit Center)
California bill would prioritize equity in transportation funding (California Bicycle Coalition)
Parking explains everything: US has more housing for cars than people (NPR)
Santa Maria transit consolidates bus services (Santa Maria Times)
Yurok tribe launches EV transportation system to connect to Redding, Eureka (Times Standard)
Federal bill would end parking minimums nationwide (Reason)
There's federal funding for safer streets and resilient infrastructure (Governing)
Crosswalk options at coast highway in Encinitas, Solana Beach (San Diego Union Tribune)
How Bogotá built a safe, sustainable, accessible transportation system (ITDP)
Sea levels are rising, and retreat will happen, managed or not (Smart Cities Dive)

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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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