Friday’s Headlines

The staggering health improvements bike commuting can bring; Where federal transit funds are going; E-bikes about the get a lot more expensive; More

By Melanie Curry

8:16 AM PDT on May 31, 2024

Video: The staggering health improvements from bike commuting (Shifter)
Spike in pedestrian deaths hits nearly all metro areas (Route Fifty)
Where federal transit funding is going (Traffic Technology Today)
Tariffs are about to make e-bikes a lot more expensive (The Verge)
How CA ending gas-powered vehicles could affect the nation (Governing)
Caltrans to talk about project to replace Stockton viaduct (Caltrans)
Caltrans to hold meeting on I-680 express lane options through Contra Costa County (Bay Area Metro)
MTC approves $18.3 million allocation for Bay Area transit projects (Mass Transit)
Colorado's "ambitious" highway program means not building them (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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