Tuesday’s Headlines

Public transportation needs reliable public support; rich investors want to build a new, "better" city where land is cheap; Taking sidewalks seriously; Golf carts? More

By Melanie Curry

7:44 AM PDT on August 29, 2023

Photo: BART

Public transportation needs ongoing, reliable public support (Planetizen)
CA high-speed rail program orders trainsets (Rail Tech)
It's an old story: Rich investors want to start from scratch on a new, "sustainable" city where land is cheaper (Morning Brew, SF Chronicle)
Taking sidewalks seriously (Governing)
Predicting the pace of a transition to environmental sustainability (Colombia Climate School)
What it's like in a town where everyone gets around via a golf card (Bloomberg)
GOP candidate Ramaswamy's oil industry profits are right in line with the rest of them (Heated)

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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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