Monday’s Headlines

Benefits from investments in walking and biking are giant; Inglewood people mover gets $1 billion federal commitment; Finding a way to cite driverless vehicles; More

By Melanie Curry

8:45 AM PST on January 8, 2024

Study: Benefits from walk and bike projects outweigh investments by at least ten to one (Ebikes International)
New state law restricting parking near intersections goes into effect (SF Chronicle, CBS)
Inglewood people mover gets federal commitment for $1 billion (LA Times, ABC)
New bill calls for Bay Area transit agency consolidation (San Mateo Daily Journal, Contra Costa News)
Legislator working on finding a way to regulate - and cite - driverless vehicles (SF Standard)
Scooter company bankruptcies are alarming (Fast Company)
The invisible railroad problem (Trains)

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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