Thursday’s Headlines

Weight of new vehicles is causing all kinds of trouble; Two potential new Metrolink stations; $$ for HSR to fix up Fresno train depot; More

By Melanie Curry

8:43 AM PDT on June 29, 2023

Future Fresno HSR Station rendering. Image courtesy CAHSRA

New vehicles are too heavy for transporting across the country (Slate)
Metrolink studying two potential new stations (Mass Transit)
There's a bus from Santa Cruz to Big Basin Redwoods State Park this summer (California State Parks)
Orange County considers moving cliffside railroad tracks inland (LA Times)
Mt. San Antonio College in Inland Empire gets a new transit center (Daily Bulletin)
High Speed Rail Authority receives $20 million for historic Fresno train depot (CAHSRA)
Amtrak train derails in Moorpark (15 injured, no deaths) (Daily Bulletin)
Encinitas declares emergency on bike safety; will spend $$ on a PR campaign, take a look at road design (San Diego Union Tribune)
The death cult of the American car (The American Prospect)
A bump in the bridge toll is only a partial route to transit agency survival (The Frisc)
Wind and solar power are keeping the power grid in Texas from collapsing (Heated)
Connecticut launches e-bike incentive program (CT Insider)
Exit interview with Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (CalMatters)
East Coaster struggles to get a handle on California (Vanity Fair)

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Melanie Curry

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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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