Tuesday’s Headlines

Complete Streets bill putters ahead; SF plan to extend Caltrain to downtown progresses; New toll lanes on I-10 in San Berdoo; More

By Melanie Curry

8:30 AM PDT on August 27, 2024

Complete Streets bill passes Assembly, in a softer version (Politico)
SF plan to extend Caltrain into downtown - and prepare for high-speed rail - moves ahead (Newsweek)
New toll lanes on the 10 Fwy in San Bernardino to open this week (Daily Bulletin)
Thousands take part in the Coronado Bike the Bay Ride - a rare chance to bike over the Coronado Bridge (ABC10)
Parisians are choosing bikes over cars. Will New Yorkers do that too? (New York Times)
Using graphics to show how air quality can improve with political will (The Guardian)
Newsom won't delay law that creates a buffer zone around oil well, but he axes funding to enforce it (CalMatters)
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities: Seven projects in LA County (Urbanize)
Opinion: Reform CEQA instead of just punching holes in it (LA 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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