Wednesday’s Headlines

The calm pleasure of riding a bus; What we invest in shows what we care about; Why building public transit is so expensive; Budget news; More

By Melanie Curry

8:51 AM PDT on June 28, 2023

Taljat / Sign indicating access to multiple transportation modes

Riding the bus can be a real pleasure (Knee Deep Times)
What are we investing in? That's where our values are (Planetizen)
Why building public transit in the US costs so much (NPR)
Making streets safer by getting people out on bikes in Oakland (Oaklandside)
Signed budget includes $5 billion for transit (KRON4, SF Standard, SF Examiner)
- Newsom's push for Delta Tunnel project got left out of budget deal (Sacramento Bee)
Study finds benefits of pandemic parklets went far beyond health, well-being (UCLA Luskin Center)
Giant one-way stroad in Central Bakersfield gets a pedestrian crossing beacon (Turn to 23)
Now they've done it: Here's a (working) bike without wheels (Laughing Squid)

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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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