Tuesday’s Headlines

Riding public transit for pleasure; How to increase the numbers organizing for street safety; Don't "turn down the rhetoric"; More

By Melanie Curry

8:26 AM PDT on July 16, 2024

Image: PxHere, CC

Exponential organizing for street safety advocates (Carter Lavin)
A flaneur on public transit (Human Transit)
Study says: Older people who ride transit are significantly less likely to die of any cause (Science Direct)
Richmond voters may approve taxes on refineries (Politico)
No, do not "turn down the rhetoric" (Heated)
Another bump in the transition to EVs: not enough charging stations (CalMatters)
Several firms are developing e-planes (Mercury News)
Supreme Court ruling banning homeless sweeps isn't necessarily the last word (Mercury News)

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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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