Thursday’s Headlines

Speed limits are too high; Reimagining urban highways; Measuring complete streets progress; More

By Melanie Curry

6:54 AM PDT on May 16, 2024

Photo via Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Speed limits are too darn high (Vox)
A holistic approach to reimagining urban highways (Toole Design)
Smart Growth America's guide to measuring complete streets progress
Video: America's best bus rapid transit? (City Nerd)
San Jose station design moving forward; might cost billions (Railway Age, Silicon Valley)
Report: Exempt urban housing from CEQA if you want any built (LAist)
Photos of bike riders. And dogs. Not in California (Cascade Bicycle Club)
How several NYC neighborhoods are struggling with climate change (NY Times)

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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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