Wednesday’s Headlines

Biking to school has many benefits; Lack of bus shelters is a serious health issue; Al Gore still has a thing or two to teach about fighting climate change; More

By Melanie Curry

8:51 AM PDT on September 6, 2023

Image: Momentum Mag

Ways riding a bicycle to school benefits kids (Momentum Mag)
Lack of bus shelters is a serious health issue for the people who rely on transit (LA Times)
LA announces new Active Transportation Plan (Planetizen)
AC Transit has to restructure its board; asks public for input on new districts (Berkeleyside)
Is Brightline the future of train travel in the US? (Fast Company)
Al Gore still has a few things to tell us about fighting climate change (Heated)
L.A. was prepared for Hurricane Hilary, and it paid off (LA Times)
Wildfires and climate change make each other worse (CalMatters)
A deeper dive into public opinion on housing (Planetizen)
In a single year, Brussels reduced car traffic by a quarter (Eltis)
Lagos, Nigeria, famous for its clogged traffic, opens a subway (Quartz)

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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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