Wednesday’s Headlines

Frustrated neighbors try to solve dangerous speeding, but a crash brings in the city; Highway costs outweigh benefits; CTC allocates $1.8B; More

By Melanie Curry

8:44 AM PDT on August 21, 2024

A neighborhood unites to solve speeding on its streets, but a crash brings in the city (Oaklandside)
Highway costs outweigh benefits (SSTI)
California Transportation Commission allocates 1.8 billion in federal infrastructure funds (Caltrans)
- SLOCOG gets funding to add another lane to Hwy 101 - plus some transit and multi-use paths (KSBY)
Automated enforcement of bus stop blocking expands in San Leandro (Patch)
City Council approves funding for LAX people mover (Westside Current)
Walk SF warns that pedestrian deaths in SF are rising (KTVU)
Trees are good for us! But they need help (NY Times)

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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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