Monday’s Headlines

US rail renaissance? Still figuring out the transit fiscal crisis; study recommends narrow lanes for safety; Do we want a future where we have no choice but cars? DTLA will have to function without a major fwy for a while; More

By Melanie Curry

8:36 AM PST on November 13, 2023

Image: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times

The U.S. is having a rail renaissance (Fast Company)
Navigating the fiscal crisis in public transportation (Governing)
Federal safe streets bill introduced (Senator John Fetterman)
John Hopkins study recommends narrower travel lanes for safety (Public Square)
Do we want a future where cars are the main transportation choice? (Route Fifty)
Major LA freeway will be closed for a while; take public transit if you have to move through the area (ABC, LA Times, LAist)
Skateboarders finally have a legit skate park in downtown San Francisco (SF Standard)
Why San Francisco fell in love with the Ferry Building (Bloomberg)
"Fix-it-first" and equity (Eno Center for Transportation)
How Central Valley farm communities are fighting climate change (KQED)

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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