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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

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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