Wednesday’s Headlines

A close look at the way VMT is measures; Dangerous roads have something in common; What election results mean for CA; More

By Melanie Curry

8:04 AM PST on November 13, 2024

Each year, thousands of Americans are killed while walking on dangerous roads. Photo: Transportation for America

Looking closely at how VMT is measured and used (Fehr & Peers)
The most dangerous roads all have something in common (Vox)
After yet another pedestrian death, Sacramento finds way towards an emergency resolution (Sacramento Bee)
Waymo is compiling data on pedestrian and bicycle crashes (The Verge)
Sacramento transit agencies receive funding for heat resilient bus shelters (Folsom Times)
Prop 5 failure will make affordable housing that much harder (SF Standard)
What the election could mean for public transportation (Bloomberg, Governing)
Transportation funding allocated by Biden administration is in jeopardy (Mass Transit)
Trump's proposed tariffs could hit California hard (CalMatters)
- Same with his water policies (SF Chronicle)
Coastal Commission wants to build a massive sea wall along SF's Ocean Beach (SF Chronicle)

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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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