Monday’s Headlines

Nothing "accidental" about increasing pedestrian deaths; Opinions on e-bike bill; Taylor Swift is a one-woman force for increasing transit ridership, at least momentarily; More

By Melanie Curry

8:32 AM PDT on July 24, 2023

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There's nothing accidental about the rise in pedestrian deaths (Slate)
Opinions about bill on license requirement, age restriction for e-bikes (Fox5, Electrek)
The dangers of e-bikes (SD News)
Discerning where it is safe - and legal - to ride a bike (Mother Jones)
Taylor Swift's concerts increase transit ridership (Mercury News)
More than a dozen states are challenging local minimum parking mandates (Sightline Institute)
Electric vehicle tires are polluting the air, water, and soil (The Atlantic)
Why aren't there solar panels over waterways throughout California? (AP)
Private funding is helping build housing for homeless (LA Times)

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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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