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New traffic laws in 2024; HSR achievements in 2023; Changes coming to North Bay transit; More

8:58 AM PST on December 28, 2023

New BART fare gates, still under design review. Image: BART

  • CA CHP highlights new traffic laws in 2023 (KPBS)
  • 2023 Achievements for CA High Speed Rail (CAHSRA)
  • Public comment now open for Metro Micro (The Source)
  • The rollout plan for new BART fare gates (SF Chronicle)
  • Changes coming to North Bay transit (NorCal Public Media)
  • California biogas incentives are creating a mess, and a market (Inside Climate News)
  • Voter-approved special tax on empty homes in San Francisco faces a legal challenge (SF Chronicle)

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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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