Tuesday’s Headlines

Agreement reached on budget, including $$ for transit; Yet another study finds road widening is fruitless; State agencies think AVs are safe enough; More

By Melanie Curry

8:44 AM PDT on June 27, 2023

Newsom, Legislature reach agreement on budget (LA Times, Office of Gavin Newsom)
- …which includes transit funding from state (SF Chronicle)
Yet another study finds that adding road capacity is fruitless (SSTI)
More on proposed toll hike to support transit (Mercury News)
State regulators disagree with SF over safety records of Waymo and Cruise AVs (SF Chronicle)
CA gets $184 million in grants for zero and low-emission buses (The Verge, KTVU)
- AC Transit gets $25.5 million of that
Construction begins on railroad barrier wall at landslide site (San Diego Union Tribune)
States weigh mileage-based fees for road maintenance (Transport Topics)
America's auto-centric infrastructure is harmful to health (Greater Greater Washington)
CA oversight committee on oil prices begins work (Sacramento Bee)

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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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