Wednesday’s Headlines

How LA can reduce traffic, build housing, and pull off the Olympics; Is there a plan for saving Bay Area transit? More police are using e-bikes to pull over cars; More

By Melanie Curry

8:37 AM PDT on October 23, 2024

How LA can increase reduce traffic, build housing, and pull off the Olympics (Slate)
LA’s vision of a car-free Olympics “running short on money”? Just do it (LA Times)
Is there even a plan to help Bay Area public transit? (Mercury News)
San Francisco still working on the idea of a new subway on Geary Blvd (SF Gate)
Napa transit not ready to offer fare-free bus rides (Mass Transit)
Police are using e-bikes to pull cars over for traffic stops (Electrek)
E-bikes are not “cheating” (Cycling Weekly)
Federal funding will widen Highway 99 in Tulare (Sierra Sun Times)
What are the international spillover effects of climate policies? (Bank Underground)

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Melanie Curry

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