Monday’s Headlines

State e-bike incentive administrator under investigation; What's in the state budget deal; Why would a job that doesn't require driving require a driver's license? More

By Melanie Curry

8:28 AM PDT on June 24, 2024

State e-bike incentive administrator accused of faking data (San Diego Union Tribune)
What's in the state budget deal (CalMatters)
Why would a drivers license be required for a job that doesn't involve driving? (LA Times)
Test case: Highway expansions undermine state climate fight (LA Times)
Traffic engineers invite crashes by relying on faulty data (The Conversation)
San Bernardino County gets a zero emission train (Patch)
Contra Costa gets federal funding to close two gaps on the Bay Trail (East Bay Times)
State Auditor: Santa Clara County VTA needs governance change, more transparency (San Jose Spotlight)
Congressman Blumenauer introduces a bill to encourage domestic bicycle manufacturing (Cycling Weekly)
Opinion: Let's ban bus wraps (The Urbanist)
Prescribe housing as a cure (CalMatters)
CA approves Waymo outside of SF, over objections from from local officials (Government Technology)

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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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