Friday’s Headlines

LA Metro balks at restrictions in transit funding relief bill; Driverless cars won't really solve parking problems; More

By Melanie Curry

8:43 AM PDT on July 21, 2023

LA Metro balks at "strings" in state transit funding relief bill (Mass Transit)
How LA Metro's Red Line saved a deli business (The Source)
Could driverless cars solve parking problems? Only if there are a lot of them everywhere (SF Chronicle)
Landslide onto tracks in Orange County to take a year, $85 million to repair (San Diego Union Tribune)
Housing to be allowed at San Diego's Westfield mall (San Diego Union Tribune)

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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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