Tuesday’s Headlines

CA has to change its relationship with cars; Change is scary, climate change is scarier; Santa Maria transit unveils electric fleet; Caltrans to hold meeting on Stockon I-5 viaduct; More

By Melanie Curry

8:17 AM PDT on April 23, 2024

California has to change its relationship with cars (Santa Monica Daily Press)
Changing our lives is scary. But the coming climate crisis is way scarier (LA Times)
Santa Maria Regional Transit unveils fleet of electric buses (KSBY, KEYT)
Accessibility improvements coming for BART riders (SmartCitiesDive)
Santa Clara VTA one of three agencies recognized by FTA for emission reduction strategies (Federal Transit Administration)
Caltrans to hold public meeting on Stockton viaduct along I-5 on May 7 (Caltrans)
Courts upholding "builders remedy" allowing housing developers by-right development (Orange County Register)
Builder's remedy leading to more sprawl development (Mercury News)
CA announces new state park, sets climate goals for natural lands (MSN)
CA plan sets goals for "nature-based solutions" to climate (LA Times)

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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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