Wednesday’s Headlines

Time to reshape the document that shapes streets; SF petitions CPUC to reconsider robotaxi decision; SF's Geary Blvd may finally get BRT; Ban car advertising? More

By Melanie Curry

8:32 AM PDT on August 16, 2023

Image: Brightline West

It's time to reshape the document that shapes our streets (NACTO)
$3B available nationally to build and repair communities through safe, equitable pedestrian, bicycle, transit improvements (Safe Routes Partnerships)
Americans want sustainable transportation options, not more highways (NRDC)
SF petitions CPUC to reconsider decision to allow robotaxis (California Globe)
Robotaxis may be heading into fierce resistance (The Verge)
SF's Geary Blvd may finally get its bus-only lanes out to the Richmond (ABC7, SF Chronicle)
CAHSRA completes another overcrossing (RT&S)
LA-to-Vegas HSR waits to hear whether it will get a grant (Review Journal)
CA decides to stick with gas: power plants to stay open (CalMatters, LA Times)
Car advertising should be banned, or at least forced to be honest (Policy Options)
CA state parks department buys land in Santa Cruz County (Mercury News)

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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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