Friday’s Headlines

So, could CA HSR get built more quickly? SF asks state to reconsider allowing more driverless taxis; Maybe one-way streets never were such a good idea; More

By Melanie Curry

8:49 AM PDT on August 18, 2023

Treasure Island Loop is a free autonomous shuttle on the island, with attendant

Could high-speed rail get built more quickly? (KTLA)
San Francisco leaders ask CPUC to reconsider allowing expanded driverless taxis (SF Chronicle)
Autonomous shuttle launches on S.F.'s Treasure Island (SF.Gov)
From highways to healthy communities (NRDC)
Maybe one-way streets aren't such a good idea after all (Transfers Magazine)
Noise - potential future noise from potential neighbors' potential parties - is being used to oppose housing (CalMatters)
How community aid gets to Hawaii (LA Times)
More details on pilot carbon capture project in the Bay Area (Planetizen)

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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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