Thursday’s Headlines

Trying to explain opposition to a bill to require "speed limit assistance" in new cars; SURF bus rapid transit project might move forward; Severe weather, insurance costs: transportation systems will have to change; More

By Melanie Curry

8:52 AM PDT on September 5, 2024

Why Republicans say they oppose the bill requiring speed limit assistance technology in new cars (LA Times)
Friedman bill could provide billions for transit projects (Beverly Press)
What's behind Gavin Newsom's attempts to regulate gasoline supply (LA Times)
Senator Laird brokers an agreement to allow Monterey County's SURF bus rapid transit project to move forward (Monterey County Now)
Inland Empire argues over proposed warehouse rules (CalMatters)
CAHSRA settles an environmental suit with Grassland Water District near Los Banos (Mass Transit)
Severe weather pushing up costs of car ownership (SSTI)
- …and insurance companies are going broke, affecting taxis, transportation (Insurance Journal)
The never-ending impulse to build new towns (Governing)
Flood resilience: When a concrete jungle becomes a sponge city (High Country 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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