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

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)
  • Coastal Commission wants to build a massive sea wall along SF's Ocean Beach (SF Chronicle)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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