Wednesday’s Headlines

Dreaming of L.A.'s new Regional Connector; SF celebrates 150 anniversary of cable car system; Time to ban right turns on red; Getting to zero fatalities will take more than money; More

By Melanie Curry

8:39 AM PDT on June 14, 2023

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What L.A.'s regional connector could bring (Zocalo)
San Francisco celebrates its 150-year-old cable car system (Mass Transit)
BikeLA receives grant to help expand Metro bike-share ridership (Patch)
It's time to ban right turns on red (Fast Company)
Getting to zero fatalities will take more than money (Smart Cities Dive)
Analysis: California's cap-and-trade program fails to achieve greenhouse gas reductions (Phys.org)
Three SoCal fossil fuel power plants, set to close, will remain open (Politico)
Supervisors approve plan to save San Francisco's downtown (SF Standard)
Federal bill would force A's to pay massive relocation fee if they leave Oakland (SF Chronicle)

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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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