Wednesday’s Headlines

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

By Melanie Curry

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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