Monday’s Headlines

Is there a perfect climate policy? Federal grants for safer streets; How income, race, and design affect pedestrian casualties; More

By Melanie Curry

8:45 AM PDT on September 9, 2024

Is there a perfect climate policy? (Earth.org)
USDOT announces $1B for safer streets (Route Fifty)
How income, race, and design affect pedestrian casualties (Phys.org)
Transit month features a transit-riding contest (SF Chronicle)
San Mateo County transit struggles reveal rift between agencies (SM Daily Journal)
How a mobility council helped shape Sacramento's new accessible light rail vehicles (Mass Transit)
Transit leaders celebrate new Muni terminal in the Presidio (ABC7)
Chino leaders celebrate widening of SR 60/Central Ave interchange (Patch)
SF convenes transit working group to address SFMTA deficit (SF Bay.ca)
How US intercity bus lines are faring (SmartCitiesDive)
SF's Van Ness BRT speeds travel by 36% (Planetizen)
Mount Tamalpais trails to open to bikes (Marin Independent Journal)
Waymo offers lots of data to convince skeptics of its safety (The Verge)
Insurance companies may have to come clean about how they make money - and they do make money (Shelterforce)

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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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