Tuesday’s Headlines

SF Transbay Terminal to be readied for HSR; SF, San Jose make progress on speed camera pilots; How investing in walking and biking can pay off; More

By Melanie Curry

8:29 AM PDT on May 21, 2024

Current view of where HSR will arrive in SF’s TransBay Terminal. Image from ABC

SF's Transbay Terminal to get $3.4 billion federal grant to connect to HSR and Caltrain (KTVU)
- A tour of the future portal (NBC Bay Area)
San Francisco is getting speed enforcement cameras (SF Chronicle)
San Jose receives $8.5 million federal grant for speed cameras (City of San Jose)
How investing in biking and walking infrastructure can pay off big time: Lessons from Britain (Bloomberg)
All cities should adopt London's "mini-Holland" design (Forbes)
The best way to do infrastructure projects (Governing)
Toll lanes coming to I-80 (SF Gate)
A list of recent California transportation investments in Caltrans District 1 (Caltrans)
Tiburon gets $24m grant to electrify the Angel Island ferry (Marin Independent Journal)
Owning a car in SF is "miserable" (SF Chronicle)
Oakland rents decline as supply rises (SF Chronicle)
Rail freight industry freaks out over CARB ban on diesel locomotives (Transport Topics)

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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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