Tuesday’s Headlines

The future of package delivery is e-cargo bikes; China passes e-bike battery safety bill; Chinese EVs are better, smaller than what a US customer can buy; More

By Melanie Curry

8:50 AM PDT on May 14, 2024

In Sacramento, drivers have decided that a nice bike trail is for them to use (ABC10)
These fatal and near-fatal crashes are entirely preventable (Berkeleyside)
If this small, well-built Chinese EV is a threat to US auto industry, the industry better adapt quickly (AP)
Feds investigate Amazon's driverless taxi program Zoox after 2 crashes (SF Examiner, SF Chronicle)
It's Bike Week, and LA-area bike riders can get free bus and train rides this week (KTLA)
The future of package delivery is e-cargo bikes (Curbed)
China passes an e-bike battery safety rule (Elecktrek)
SF Bay Ferry 2050 Service Vision sees a "golden age of ferries" on the horizon (Alameda Post)
San Bernardino County to get hydrogen-powered train (GovTech)
Amtrak's future in California (KQED)
Farmwork is hard enough; the commute can be deadly (CalMatters)
CA pilot program is testing how to charge drivers by the mile (LAist)
The battle for street space: New York is just the beginning (NY Times)

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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