Friday’s Headlines

LA Metro to get more police; Hundreds of bills die; More

By Melanie Curry

8:20 AM PDT on May 17, 2024

California Forever showing that public transit is part of everyone’s fantasy of a perfect world

Mayor Bass orders "police surge" in response to attacks on LA Metro (LA Times, LAist)
Muni plans a major retrofit of Twin Peaks Tunnel, which will require closing it (SF Gate)
CARB under fire for rejecting environmental justice advisory committee recommendations (Carbon Pulse)
The states leading the way on bicycling (Momentum)
California Forever developers release new renderings showing a transit paradise in hopes of garnering support (KCRA)
Appropriations committees squash hundreds of bills (CalMatters)
How big oil manipulated journalism (The Nation)

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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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