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Caltrans official demoted for fighting freeway expansion; Highway 37 expansion begins; America doesn't have to be so car-centric; More

By Melanie Curry

8:18 AM PDT on October 4, 2023

Jeanie Ward-Waller, middle, with then-Caltrans Director Laurie Berman, left. Photo by Melanie Curry/ Streetsblog

Today is “Clean Air Day” and that comes with free transit (in some places) (KTLA)
Caltrans official demoted for fighting freeway expansions (Politico)
First phase of what will become a wider highway 37 set to begin (SF Chronicle)
American society wasn’t always so car-centric, and its future doesn’t have to be, either (Yale)
Fresno’s “slow, deliberate rollout” of clean mobility – shared e-cars, e-bikes, e-scooters – is paying off (Yahoo)
Mountain View plans “temporary” street redesign in response to pedestrian fatalities (MV Voice)
San Francisco considers banning right turns on red. Could L.A. follow? (LA Times)
Can San Jose’s Santa Clara street become a destination? (SPUR)
San Jose to study creating its own city-run power company (Mercury News)

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