Thursday’s Headlines

EV truck charging expands; San Diego building a hydrogen fueling facility; Celebrating transit funding; Jaywalking no longer a thing in New York, More

By Melanie Curry

7:52 AM PDT on October 31, 2024

Have a happy – and safe – Halloween. Image from NHTSA’s distracted driving campaign

Jaywalking is no longer a thing in New York (NY Times)
Is Denver's e-bike incentive program paying off? (Bloomberg)
What's good, what's missing from CARB's planned changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (Clean Air Task Force)
Southern California expands EV truck charging (ACT News)
San Diego's North Count Transit District breaks ground on hydrogen fueling facility (Mass Transit)
Livermore, Dublin celebrate new federal transit funding (Independent News)
How Humboldt Transit Authority will use new funding to improve transit service (KRCR)
Caltrans plans to close San Pedro's Vincent Thomas Bridge for 16 months (Daily Breeze)
Lessons learned from the Week Without Driving (Greater Greater Washington)
States prepare rules for self-driving cars (Stateline)
California enters agreement with major airlines to increase sustainable aviation fuels (ABC)

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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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