Thursday’s Headlines

LA Metro declares emergency over attacks on bus operators; Some deadly Bay Area streets to see safety fixes; Tax ride-hail to save transit? More

By Melanie Curry

8:00 AM PDT on April 25, 2024

LA Metro declares emergency over attacks on bus operators (LA Times)
Santa Maria public transit poised for expansion (Santa Maria Times)
Deadly Bay Area streets to see some safety fixes (Mercury News)
Podcast: Why there's so much resistance to street safety redesigns (Governing)
A grassroots effort to save Muni by taxing ride-hail (SF Standard)
City of Glendale launches a climate mobility app (Glendale)
SF Bay Area's pollution is worse than LA's (SF Chronicle)
What makes urban Mexico's public spaces work so well (Mexico News Daily)
Republicans in Congress: Don't let California set stricter train emission standards (E&E News)
Stonestown development in SF to include 3500 homes (SF Chronicle)
A history of NIMBYism (Curbed)
The climate costs of America's freeways are not paid equally (Transportation for America)

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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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