Thursday’s Headlines

More on MUTCD; Caltrans has a big SHOPP-ing list; A couple of year-end roundups; Santa Monica to study a tax on parking for transportation; More

By Melanie Curry

8:29 AM PST on December 21, 2023

Valencia’s center-running bike lane. Photo: Daniel Owens

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Newly updated MUTCD doesn't go far enough (Smart Growth America)
- NACTO has something to say
- Bloomberg takes a look
What's on California's $16 billion SHOPP-ing list (NRDC)
BART: Don't worry, that bad smell won't hurt you (The Messenger)
Santa Monica to study a tax on parking for transportation (Santa Monica Next)
2023 roundups:
- LA Metro (The Source)
- How 2023 changed clean energy policies in states (ClimateWire)
- Progress on California high-speed rail (CAHSRA)
Palmdale makes plans for high-speed rail (CAHSRA)
Urban speed limits are dropping (Yale Climate Connections)
Napa opens an expensive pedestrian and bike underpass (Press Democrat)
On-demand microtransit is no solution (Planetizen)
Santa Monica makes outreach plan to turn airport to park (Santa Monica Next)
Public input sought on transportation plans for Southern California and the Inland Empire (Patch)
Merchants on Valencia say bike lane is ruining business, but data show a different story (Mission Local)
White House has a new strategy for getting federal money into the hands of environmental justice groups (The Verge)
Biden calls on transit agencies to protect workers (The Hill)
Supreme Court agrees to hear case against EPA's clean air rule (E&E News)

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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