Friday’s Headlines
9:18 AM PST on February 16, 2024
- SFMTA Releases Long-Awaited Valencia Bike Lane Study (Hoodline)
- Calbike Will Hold Webinar on Caltrans Complete Streets Corridors on March 6
- Costa Mesa Earns $7.9 Million in OCTA Grants for New Bike Network
- LA Metro’s Bike Share Workers Push Back on Proposed Lyft Takeover (Jacobin)
- Asm. Ting Proposes Keeping Caltrans’ Bridges Free to Bike/Peds Forever (KTVU)
- SMART Recovers to Pre-Pandemic Ridership (SFChron)
- Waterfront Park Near USS Midway Advances in San Diego (Union-Trib)
- It’s Getting More Expensive to Own a Car, Gas Prices Rising Again and…(Pasadena Now)
- …Car Insurer All State Returns to CA with 30% Premium Hike (LAT)
- Stormy Season Has Produced Few Landslides in LA County SO FAR (LAT)
- But Storms Are Coming Up and Down the State (Fresno Bee)
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