Monday’s Headlines

Highway 1 keeps sliding into the sea, and California keeps fixing it; A new regional tolling agency? Did adding cars back to Fresno's car-free mall help business there? More

By Melanie Curry

8:34 AM PDT on April 8, 2024

Fulton Street Mall 2023. Image: Google Street view

California keeps working to fix a highway that's sliding into the sea (SF Chronicle, LAist)
CTC to consider setting up a new Capitol Area Regional Tolling Agency this Tuesday (Davis Vanguard)
Did adding cars back to Fresno's car-free mall help? (Independent)
Transit agencies looking for ways to deal with rising assaults on bus operators (Mercury News)
In Paris, bike riders now outnumber motorists (Forbes)
Paris vs UK: "15-minute city" concept can transform a place (The Guardian)
Are 6-story buildings the cure for SF's housing shortage? (SF Standard)
How states are working to increase housing (Politico)
Car manufacturer: EV batteries need to be a lot lighter (Transport Topics)

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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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