Thursday’s Headlines

COP28 sucks but don't ignore it; Public input sought on proposed toll for Yolo Causeway; Bus shelters coming to LA; More

By Melanie Curry

8:47 AM PST on November 30, 2023

Yolo Causeway. Photo: Steve Martarano, via Wikipedia

COP28 sucks. Pay attention anyway (Heated)
Public input sought on proposed toll/"managed" lane for the Yolo Causeway (KCRA)
A history of the 10 Freeway (LAist)
LA to invest $30m in bus shelters (Urbanize LA)
UC Santa Cruz secures extra-long buses in response to surge in ridership (Mass Transit)
Car dealers claim they "can't sell EVs" (Ars Technica)
- Meanwhile e-buses are out there lowering emissions worldwide (ITDP)
GM to "substantially" reduce investment in Cruise driverless vehicles (SF Chronicle)
Federal infrastructure funding to include environmental justice goals (The Verge)
Santa Barbara public library loans e-bike-share memberships (Yale Climate Connections)
Even after deadline, San Francisco supes delay key housing bill (SF Standard)
Sierra Club objects to "clandestine" plan to develop a new city (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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