Friday’s Headlines

7:58 AM PDT on October 25, 2024

Much more must be done: Vigil held for pedestrian killed in San Francisco (Local News Matters)
Ten years of protected bike lanes (CalBike)
More local celebrations of state transit funding:
- FAX in Fresno: $52.1 million (Fresnoland, KMPH)
- Millions for rail corridor in San Diego and Orange County (KPBS)
- $81 million to get SMART to Healdsburg (Senate)
- $240 million for Central Valley (The Sun)
- $231 million for Southeast Gateway Line on LA Metro (Urbanize)
California transportation agencies call for equity committee applicants (Plumas Sun)
The climate bond - Prop 4 - seeks to avoid future costs by investing now (Sonoma News)
What can be learned from a survey of Bay Area candidates (KRCB)
Some transportation ballot measures around the country (SmartCitiesDive)

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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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