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Why widening highways doesn't reduce traffic; Road deaths rival the number of homicides; San Diego transit fare evaders face $25 fine; Stop relying on GPS; More

8:39 AM PDT on October 21, 2024

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  • Why widening highways doesn't reduce traffic (Yale Climate Connections)
  • Road deaths rival the number of homicides as Sacramento considers state of emergency (Sacramento Bee)
  • ICYMI: Speed cameras issue unbiased tickets (The Conversation)
  • Caltrans holding workshops on its Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program (Plumas Sun)
  • To celebrate fifty years of business, Specialized is offering free bike tune-ups for any bike this weekend (Cycling News, Bike Rumor)
  • San Diego North County transit ridership seeing a rebound (San Diego Union Tribune)
  • MTS approves $25 fine for fare evaders on San Diego transit (CBS8)
  • What can happen if we stop using GPS to navigate (LAist)
  • California Transportation Commission allocates $4 billion for mostly highways (and some rail and other projects)
  • Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) needs to build political support (Mass Transit)

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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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