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Newsom signs speed camera bill; Everyone is a pedestrian; Mapping the California Cycleway; More

8:56 AM PDT on October 16, 2023

  • Newsom signs speed camera bill (NY Times, ABC7, SF Chronicle)
  • New CA law bans parking near crosswalks (SF Gate)
  • NHTSA: Everyone is a pedestrian (KRSL)
  • Mapping the California Cycleway (Eric Brightwell)
  • Bakersfield to host an Active Transportation Summit and Festival soon (Bakersfield.com)
  • Costa Mesa councilmember takes "Week Without Driving" to heart (LA Times)
  • Controversy on the Yolo Causeway (Davis Enterprise)
  • Yosemite needs protection from cars (SF Chronicle)
  • Busway from Pomona to Rancho Cucamonga under construction (ABC7)

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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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