Friday’s Headlines

LA Metro to begin warning drivers who block bus lanes; Bay Area Clipper Card survey shows high customer satisfaction; More

By Melanie Curry

8:57 AM PDT on November 1, 2024

Image courtesy of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority

LA Metro to start warning drivers who block bus lanes (NBC)
Bay Area Clipper Card survey: Very high customer satisfaction (Mass Transit, Bay Link)
Placer County supes approve plan to adjust transit service in response to analysis (Placer)
LA Metro awards full funding to extend Gold Line to Montclair (Daily Bulletin, Daily News)
US high-speed rail is happening (SmartCitiesDive)
In Poland, police are spraying pedestrians with a hi-visibilty substance (TVP)
Ikea designs a "trauma-informed" tiny house (Fast Company)
Valero hit with penalty after years of "egregious" pollution leaks (SF Chronicle)

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Melanie Curry

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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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