Monday’s Headlines

How to make streets safer? New e-bike rules in OC; How Manteca can put its transit hub to the best use; More

By Melanie Curry

8:35 AM PDT on June 10, 2024

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"So much death"; How to make streets safer? (Daily Bulletin)
Orange County Supervisors pass new e-bike rules (LAist)
Teens are sticking with e-bikes even when they're old enough to drive (Wall Street Journal)
Video: Mexico's naked bike ride brings attention to riders, and the need for better safety (AP)
How Manteca can put its transit hub to the best use (Manteca Bulletin)
Feds to require all car manufacturers to meet 65 mile-per-gallon average fuel efficiency standard across their fleets (NY Times)
GPS shows San Francisco city employees are speeding, a lot (SF Standard)
National implications of the NYC congestion charge kerfluffle (The Urbanist)
Secessionists await report on whether San Bernardino County gets its "fair share" of state money (Daily Bulletin)

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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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