Today’s Headlines

8:45 AM PDT on May 11, 2023

California Bicycle Coalition explains the state budget process - and why it is asking for more money for bikes
Santa Rosa gets a greenway instead of a freeway extension (Senator Mike McGuire)
BART riders say they want cleaner, safer trains before they come back (but will they come back?) (SF Examiner)
San Francisco walks back plan to rip out restaurant parklets (SF Standard)
Bakersfield police offer idea on how to reduce pedestrian fatalities: rehire retired cops, that'll do it (ABC23)
Bakersfield cop hits pedestrian with car (ABC23)
Seattle to phase out right turns on red (Axios)
Oil lobby flips out over EPA plan to cut emissions (Reuters)
Why not use all those warehouse rooftops to generate solar power (Environment America)

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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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