Friday’s Headlines

Kidical Mass is fun advocacy; Danville's Bicycle Advocacy Commission is doing too good a job; Why some regions want to consolidate transit agencies; More

By Melanie Curry

8:35 AM PDT on May 10, 2024

Photo by Emily Huston via Berkeleyside

The kids are excited about Oakland's Kidical Mass ride this weekend: "100% fun" (Berkeleyside)
Danville's Bike Advocacy Commission is doing such a good job, the city wants to disband it (Mercury News)
Ten reasons to bike to work more often (Momentum Mag)
National Bike to School Day in Marin (Marin Independent Journal)
BART extension to San Jose will get $500M in upcoming federal budget (Mercury News)
Why there's a move to consolidate regional transit agencies (Governing)
A quick look at SFMTA's MuniSafe initiative (Intelligent Transport)
Ventura County's Gold Coast transit system to raise fares (KCLU)
Bills try to address concerns about people living, going to school near oil wells (Capital Public Radio)
Newsom touts California climate spending (LA Times, The Desert Review)

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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