Wednesday’s Headlines

More on climate assessment report; Traffic so far mostly manageable despite loss of I-10 freeway; Save the date for CalBike Summit in April; More

By Melanie Curry

8:48 AM PST on November 15, 2023

Screenshot from LA Times video of I-10 Freeway

More on 5th Climate Assessment report, and where climate change is causing problems now (CalMatters, AP, Washington Post)
Save the Date: California Bicycle Summit April 18-19, 2024 (CalBike)
Caltrans proposes adding a lane in each direction on the Yolo Causeway and charging a toll to drive it (KCRA, Sacramento)
Planned light rail station in Sacramento put on hold for now (Sacramento Bee)
Traffic is mostly manageable in LA despite loss of freeway (LA Times)
- Nevertheless, all hands on deck to get it fixed in 3 to 5 weeks (KPBS, LAist, LA Times)
- More thoughts on over-reliance on freeways (LA Times)
- What was going on under that freeway (LA Times)
Santa Monica Council examines Vision Zero priorities after repeated crashes at problem intersection (Santa Monica Next)
What's in Oakland's still-not-adopted Downtown Plan: more housing (Oaklandside)
Federal grants boost planning for safer streets (Governing)
Car dealers are a huge bottleneck on EV sales (Clean Technica)
More on rejection of San Diego housing package (Times of San Diego)
Maternity wards in California are closing at an alarming rate (CalMatters)

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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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