Thursday’s Headlines

LA found a way to quickly speed up transit!? Drivers bring pollution into neighborhoods; Sunline talks about the difficulties with hydrogen; More

By Melanie Curry

8:52 AM PST on November 16, 2023

Somehow LA Metro found a way to speed up buses and trains and add service (LA Times)
Drivers trying to navigate around freeway closure bring bad air, bad traffic into the neighborhoods (LA Times)
In San Francisco, APEC brings street and sidewalk closures and protests (SF Chronicle)
Sunline Transit shares its experience - and struggles - with its hydrogen powered buses (Mass Transit)
Stop calling it a "bailout" for transit (Newsweek)
What happened to city foot traffic? (Marketplace, Gov Tech)
Right turns on red are "under threat" (KTVQ)
There's a new generation of freeway fighters (Bloomberg)
Plan for housing at Ashby BART station advances; "Air rights" option gave city leverage in negotiations (Berkeleyside)
Update: Santa Monica Council backs more resources for Vision Zero (Santa Monica Next)
Are carbon offsets doing what they claim to do? (PPIC)
Homelessness is a policy choice (Governing)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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.

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog California

Streetsblog California

The Week in Short Video

Protests, Equity, High-Speed Rail, and...bungees?

Damien Newton, Joe Anthony, and Joe Linton

February 6, 2026

Streetsblog Los Angeles Streetsblog California

Santa Monica/West L.A. Leaders Urge Caltrans to Build “Ohio to Ohio” Bike Link With Santa Monica Boulevard Rehab

While Westside officials are pushing Caltrans to add some needed bike infrastructure, their logic contradicts the City of L.A.'s efforts to dodge implementing Measure HLA.

February 6, 2026

Headlines

Friday’s Headlines

Transit fiscal cliffs, transit to parks, Waymos and more...

Damien Newton

February 6, 2026

Streetsblog Los Angeles Podcast

Monterey Park to Draft Ballot Measure Banning Data Centers

After two months of heavy pushback from the community, elected officials now appear to have a united front against data center developers, and an imminent lawsuit from one of them.

February 6, 2026

Streetsblog USA Special Features

Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence

The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”

February 5, 2026

Streetsblog San Francisco Locales

Alameda Gets Award for its Bike Infrastructure

The staff at the city of Alameda has been working diligently for years on protected infrastructure. Now that work is getting national attention.

February 5, 2026

See all posts