Wednesday’s Headlines

Walkable cities are a necessity; Tire emissions are worse than you think; Rethinking transportation systems; More

By Melanie Curry

9:00 AM PDT on September 20, 2023

The double-wide snake of cars in the parking lot didn’t solve the problem. Via David Bruce/YouTube

The agony of the school car line (The Atlantic)
Go a week without driving (Bloomberg)
Walkable cities are a necessity (The Tribune)
A roundup of climate bills on the Governor's desk (LA Times)
Is it time to pay people to bike to work? (Momentum Mag)
Rural communities are benefiting from e-bike incentives (PBS)
Golden Empire Transit is considering ending bus route to Tejon outlets that workers rely on (Turn to 23)
What's happening with (some) old BART cars (SF Standard)
Cities need to rethink transportation networks as commutes no longer dominate (Brookings)
Tires emit toxic pollution: More evidence (Yale)
Five years after S.B. 1, State auditor removes CA transportation infrastructure from "high-risk list" (Construction Equipment Guide)
CA regulators tell Arrowhead to stop taking spring water; company claims state water rights (Spectrum 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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