Thursday’s Headlines

Top climate scientists are alarmed but determined; Growing local transit, making it safe; Planning for car-free cities; What Malibu is doing to make PCH safer; More

By Melanie Curry

8:27 AM PDT on May 9, 2024

How top climate scientists are feeling about the environment (The Guardian)
Infill stations can close transit gaps (Bloomberg)
SMART ridership is setting records (Patch)
Bakersfield's Golden Empire Transit to extend service, buy zero-emission buses (Bakersfield Now)
Metro needs to be safer; it also needs to be perceived as safer (LA Times, Torched)
VTA to pay for new BART cars now, though BART to downtown San Jose is delayed (Mercury News)
Contra Costa leaders are excited about autonomous microtransit (ABC7, KTVU)
Link 21: A plan for multiple rail lines connecting the San Francisco Bay Area megaregion (We Build Value)
San Francisco City College leaders don't want a bike lane. Too bad (SF Standard)
Car-free cities are the next big thing in urban planning (Momentum Mag)
Next week: Bike to Work/Wherever Day (The Bay Link)
People over parking (Reuters)
What Malibu is doing to improve safety on Pacific Coast Highway (Fox 11)
UP touts expanded freight rail service from the Inland Empire to Chicago (Supply Chain Drive)
AARP and the League of American Bicyclists offer an illustrated guide to (some of) the different types of bikes available out there (AARP)
Caltrans to install two wildlife undercrossings on Highway 395 (Caltrans)

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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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