Thursday’s Headlines

People in suburbs like to vacation where they can walk, ride bikes; Changing the car safety rating system could save lives; Guerrilla bike benches for bus riders; Freight rail industry can't imagine cleaning up trains; More

By Melanie Curry

8:49 AM PDT on June 13, 2024

Photo: Drew Jacksich via Wikipedia

Bike Index uncovers bike theft ring in Mexico - selling high-end bikes stolen all over the world (Wired)
People who live in suburbia like to vacation where they can walk and ride bikes (Video) (CityNerd)
Changing the car safety rating system could save lives (Vox)
Caltrans seeks public input on its Highway 99 "comprehensive multimodal plan" for Highway 99 in the Central Valley (Caltrans)
Installing benches as a love letter to transit (KALW)
State auditor: San Jose VTA needs better project planning and oversight (KQED)
Sacramento transit district invites riders to check out new low-floor light-rail vehicles (Sacramento Bee)
Megabus owner files for bankruptcy, done in by pandemic (Bus & Motorcoach News)
Placer County to put a transportation sales tax measure on the ballot, mostly for highways (Placer)
"We can't do it!" Industry reacts to CARB's proposed clean freight rail rule (Santa Ynez Valley News, Competitive Enterprise Institute)

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Melanie Curry

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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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