Tuesday’s Headlines

ATP funding partially restored; How traffic noise hurts kids; Muni riders are happy-ish; More

8:37 AM PDT on June 25, 2024

Final budget partially restores Active Transportation Program funding (CalBike)
People for Bikes ranks cities by bike friendliness - SF, Davis, Berkeley still rank high (Outside Online)
How traffic noise hurts children (BBC)
Could we paint bus information right on the bus? Make it really big (Human Transit)
Valley Rail link between San Jose and Merced breaks ground (Progressive Railroading)
San Diego MTS approves budget that holds steady on current service levels (Mass Transit)
Survey: SF Muni rider satisfaction is at a 20-year high (SF Examiner)
On-demand "microtransit" in Richmond is popular; mostly used to reach BART station (Local News Matters)
Historic maps tell deeper stories than just what's on them (The Source)
Geothermal energy is coming (LA Times)
Lawmakers fold, approve $400 million loan for Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant (Sacramento Bee)
Grand jury report charges local website with creating dysfunction, toxic environment at Stockton City Hall (Local News Matters)
Some cities are trying a new tactic to evade housing laws (CalMatters)

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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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