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

By Melanie Curry

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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