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)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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