Wednesday’s Headlines

Look elsewhere for debate discussions! "Driving groups" oppose speed warnings on cars; Funding for SVF rail; Replacing Valencia St.'s center-running bike lane is a bit of a design challenge; More

By Melanie Curry

8:48 AM PDT on September 11, 2024

Valencia’s center-running bike lane. Photo: Daniel Owens

Industry and "driving groups" oppose speed limit warnings on cars (Washington Post)
More on funding for rail in San Fernando Valley (Newsweek, Mass Transit, ENR, Railway News)
Replacing the center-running bike lane on Valencia means designing around parklets (KQED)
Which groups support, oppose bill on warehouse regulation bill (Santa Ynez Valley News)
Santa Monica could ban sleeping bags in public (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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