Thursday’s Headlines

"Extreme commutes"; Cruise begins process to reinstate its self-driving cars; San Diego voters to weigh in on transportation sales tax measure; More

By Melanie Curry

8:36 AM PDT on April 11, 2024

Photo by David Goehring via Flickr

Bay Wheels bikeshare plans expansion in SF Bay Area (CBS)
These Bay Area workers face "extreme commutes" (El Tecolote)
Santa Monica approves bike and pedestrian station access plan for Bergamot Station (Santa Monica Next)
Cruise begins process to reinstate its self-driving cars in California (SF Examiner, The Verge)
San Diego voters to decide on transportation sales tax measure in November (ABC 7)
Truckee town council hears an update on its TART microtransit pilot program (Sierra Sun)
BART celebrates Autism Acceptance Month (Axios)
Multiple cities in Silicon Valley to collaborate on a project for safe routes to schools (San Jose Spotlight)
LA Metro adds bus priority lanes in the San Fernando Valley (Gov Tech)
Big Oil is quietly paying state attorneys general to kill climate litigation (Heated)
People think we're weird because we don't own a car (The Guardian)

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Melanie Curry

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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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