Wednesday’s Headlines

Richmond making progress on street safety; Why is riding a bike such a problem to other people? "Diverging Diamond" interchanges are spreading; More

By Melanie Curry

8:35 AM PST on December 11, 2024

Richmond is making progress on street safety (Richmondside)
Why is the act of riding a bike becoming a touchpoint for a culture war? (Momentum Mag)
CA can protect climate policies AND pocketbooks (LegalPlanet)
Inglewood snags an ATP grant (2Urbangirls)
How SF's Great Highway transformation fits into the national dialogue about the impact of freeways (SF Examiner)
MTC decides to poll regional residents about transit funding (The Bay Link)
San Bernardino is getting a Diverging Diamond Interchange - expect more of these, because engineers love them (GoSBCTA)
CTC awards funds for rail crossing upgrades in Pomona (Progressive Railroading)
Video: CA high-speed rail celebrates a groundbreaking for an overpass in Fresno (YouTube)

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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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