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New Year’s Eve Headlines

How sustainable is cycling? What age is "too old to ride a bike"? Free transit on New Years Eve; More

By Melanie Curry

8:35 AM PST on December 31, 2024

How sustainable is cycling, really? (Cycling Weekly)
What age is “too old to ride a bike”? That’s the wrong question (Patriot Ledger)
Lots of transit agencies are offering free rides on New Years’ Eve (Times of San Diego, Mountain View Voice, KPBS, KTVU)
More people died in traffic crashes than by homicide in San Francisco in 2024 (SF Chronicle)
Safety advocates say there’s progress, but not enough, not fast enough (SF Examiner)
CHP still blaming victims and vehicles when a pedestrian dies, even in a hit-and-run (Bakersfield.com)
New state law will allow San Diego area cities to ban children from riding e-bikes, but no word on which cities might do so (NBC)
Challenges faced by California’s high-speed rail program (Yahoo!)
Don’t forget that if you park near intersections you can be ticketed (Berkeley Scanner)
Camarillo plans an undercrossing at its rail station (Moorpark Acorn)
USDOT gives grants to projects that help modernize the process of following federal environmental law (NEPA) (Mass Transit)
A causeway linking Singapore and Malaysia is a bottleneck – but they are not considering widening it to solve congestion (Channel News Asia)

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Melanie Curry

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