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MUTCD released; Being doored is every urban bike rider's nightmare; PCH gets $2.4 million in signs, paint to fix its safety problems; More

8:41 AM PST on December 20, 2023

  • FHWA releases long-awaited update to its Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (FHWA)
  • What's in it the MUTCD- and what's missing? (Streetsblog USA)
  • Being doored is every urban bike rider's nightmare (LA Times)
  • More on Coachella's TCC grant (Desert Sun)
  • San Francisco's struggles with pedestrian safety (SF Chronicle)
  • How Bay Area public transit is recovering (Axios)
  • Stanislaus gets $13 million for ACE train (Modesto Bee)
  • CTC allocates $1 billion for transportation infrastructure (Archinect)
  • Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is now eligible for federal funding (Progressive Railroading)
  • CA to spend $2.4 million to make Pacific Coast Highway safer…with signs and paint (LAist, KTLA, LA Times)
  • How Lancaster made itself pedestrian friendly (SF Gate)
  • Basic income improves the lives of unhoused people (LA Times)

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.

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