Friday’s Headlines

What are Class III bikeways? Who's really to blame for traffic deaths? Zero emission trucks and vans are on the rise; More

By Melanie Curry

8:36 AM PDT on June 7, 2024

Image: Calbike

What are Class III bikeways, anyway, and how do they affect bike riders? (Calbike)
Who's to blame for rising traffic deaths? (LA Times)
Amtrak completes accessibility improvements at Bay Area stations (Mass Transit)
Take public transit to Bay Area Juneteenth celebrations (The Bay Link)
CityNerd gives out NIMBY awards (YouTube)
One in six new trucks and vans in CA are zero-emission vehicles, double over last year (Governor Gavin Newsom, Sacramento Bee)
Despite promises of "jobs," neighborhoods lose out to warehouses (LA Times)
Federal infrastructure funding is not reaching the communities who need it most (Union of Concerned Scientists)

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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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