Wednesday’s Headlines

Biking needs to be inclusive and accessible for all; E-bike tariffs will harm the environment and cities; Ripple effects of NYC's canceled congestion pricing; More

By Melanie Curry

8:43 AM PDT on June 26, 2024

Ben Glazer of Student Transportation of America won the 2024 School Bus Driver of the Year award for Southern Calfornia for his fast response during and following a crash last year. Photo: Morongo Unified School District, via School Transportation News

The importance of making bicycling inclusive and accessible for all ages, abilities (ITDP)
E-bike tariffs will hurt the environment and cities (Energy Institute at Haas)
CA's top school bus drivers honored (School Transportation News)
AC Transit launches AI-enabled camera enforcement program (Government Technology)
On-demand services can fill transit gaps [but it's expensive] (Government Technology)
The history of LA's in-house transit police (The Source)
The ripple effects from NY's canceled congestion pricing program (UCLA Luskin Center)
The hope, hype, and hostility encompassed in "the 15-minute city" (Governing)
CA reins in its smoggy warehouse problem (EarthJustice)
After DUI, Assemblymember Carrillo is focused on dangers of alcohol (CalMatters)
Judge uses "affordable housing" to ban affordable housing (OC Register)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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