Friday’s Headlines

New cross-town freeway opening in Bakersfield; New state legislative leaders announced; More

8:19 AM PST on February 9, 2024

Oh, the beautiful new freeway (that destroyed homes 20 years ago) in Bakersfield.

Ride the new Centennial freeway in Bakersfield before it opens (Bakersfield Now)
- Ribbon cutting today (SJC Sun)
This man is walking across the US to bring attention to how hard it is to walk (Post and Courier)
New state legislative leaders announced (CalMatters, Capitol Weekly)
FTA steps in to help electric bus manufacturers and transit agencies (Smart Cities Dive)
Feds: Nah, we never said we'd pay to house homeless people during COVID (CalMatters)

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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