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Caltrans offers 1950s-style false hope on freeway challenges; Nature needs investment; Public transit is part of America's DNA; More

8:34 AM PST on February 1, 2024

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  • Caltrans offering 1950s-style false hope for I-80's challenges (NRDC)
  • California nature needs investment on par with energy and transit (Capitol Weekly)
  • Public transit is in America's DNA (The Urbanist)
  • VTA drops eminent domain suit for property near future BART station (Mercury News)
  • San Diego's MTS to add patrols, lighting, hotline to improve transit safety (NBC San Diego)
  • How parking reform is transforming US cities for the better (Yale)
  • Do we have to rebuild guardrails now because people are buying heavier cars? (AP)
  • Caltrans releases plans for bike lane on busy El Camino Real in Palo Alto (Palo Alto Online)

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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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