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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

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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