Monday’s Headlines

Why LA refused to even talk about removing a freeway; BART floats idea of consolidating agencies; Ward-Waller explains why she lost her job at Caltrans; Susan Handy on car dependency; More

By Melanie Curry

8:53 AM PDT on October 30, 2023

Photo by Ariel Zirulnick via LAist

The great cash-for-carbon hustle that is cap-and-trade (New Yorker)
California's greenhouse gas emissions are going the wrong way (Sacramento Bee)
Jeanie Ward-Waller speaks out about why she lost her job at Caltrans (SF Chronicle)
ArroyoFest was a chance to ride a bike on the freeway (LAist)
- Who rode it, and why (LA Times)
Interview with Susan Handy on car dependency (SacTown Magazine)
Why LA refused to even study removing a freeway (LA Times)
BART floats idea of consolidating transit agencies (SF Chronicle)
Sonoma County seeks public input on active transportation needs (Press Democrat)
Street experiments can help our broken planning process (Next City)
Why cities are cracking down on free parking (CNN)
Voting rights groups are alarmed by "misinformation" in Shasta County election process (Sacramento Bee)
City of San Pablo planning to build a massive "cop campus" despite controversies (SF Chronicle)

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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