Friday’s Headlines

Inspiration from the Bike Summit; OakDOT proposes standards for temporary safety upgrades; San Diego transforms a fast road in Balboa Park; Stockton transit funding is under threat; More

By Melanie Curry

8:33 AM PDT on April 26, 2024

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Ideas from the CalBike Bike Summit (Rancho Santa Fe Review)
OakDOT's proposal to allow temporary safety upgrades doesn't go far enough, say advocates (Oaklandside)
San Diego transforms a freeway through Balboa Park into a quiet road with a bike lane (San Diego Union Tribune)
Stockton transit funding is under threat (KCRA)
PARKING CONTROL OFFICERS picket against plan to enforce illegal parking in SF (SF Chronicle)
Santa Cruz's West Cliff Drive is a harbinger of the future with sea level rise (NY Times)
Bay Area air district criticizes report that finds it is the fifth most polluted region nationally (SF Examiner)
Highly paid PG&E CEO defends high rates as utility's profits soar (SF Chronicle)
LA Court rules against housing law prohibiting zoning only for single-family homes (Mercury News)

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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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