Monday’s Headlines

Another study shows health benefits of biking far outweigh risks; Santa Rosa loses a freeway plan, gains a park; Take transit to the Rose Parade; More

By Melanie Curry

7:59 AM PST on December 23, 2024

Photo by Evan Dudley, via CalBike

Long-range study shows commuting by bike brings lower risks for mortality, disease, hospitalization, mental health problems. And they say it's dangerous! (BMJ Public Health)
Put a bow on Santa Rosa's Southeast Greenway; it was never going to be a highway (Press Democrat)
SMART board approves five-year strategic plan to reach Cloverdale, increase ridership (Marin Independent Journal)
Public transit options to the Rose Parade are expanding (Pasadena Now)
San Diego trolley riders feel safer these days (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Santa Maria looking for public input on new route to San Luis Obispo (KEYT)
Safety improvements planned for Stevens Creek Blvd transit corridor (San Jose Spotlight)
Caltrain, San Mateo County officials are skeptical about transit measure options (San Mateo Daily Journal)
CA congressional delegation pushes for high-speed rail funding (Senator Padilla)

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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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