Tuesday’s Headlines

Protests shut down roads, bridges; Data comes in on "turbo" roundabout; What we've learned from 8 years of scooters; More

By Melanie Curry

8:30 AM PDT on April 16, 2024

Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Protests shut down bridges, highways (SF Standard, East Bay Times, KRON, Patch)
South Bay's "turbo" roundabout saw more crashes, no fatalities or serious injuries (Mercury News)
E-bikes are growing up (Spectrum)
Minnesota is giving out e-bike incentives (hello, California?) (CBS)
Eight years into the scooter experiment, what have we learned? (Grist)
Brightline high-speed rail on East Coast sells its $1.2 billion debt (Bloomberg)
Planning for accessibility: proximity is more important than mobility (Planetizen)
Climate change is driving demand for predatory loans (Guardian)
Thirty beautiful bike rides (Momentum)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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