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Fires and wind; Good public transit; Can states just stop building highways? Not if people keep hating on high-speed rail; More

By Melanie Curry

8:57 AM PST on January 8, 2025

Looking east this morning from Ventura Fwy. Photo by Moira Curry

Scary winds, scary fires (LA Times, Daily Bulletin)
Why the fires are so dangerous (hello, climate change!) (CalMatters)
Good public transit is politically powerful (The New Republic)
Federal infrastructure grants announced, including twelve rail-related projects in California (Trains)
Survey: Most people feel safe on AC Transit (with gender and race differences) (Alameda Post)
There’s a new bike path in Ventura County (KCLU)
NACTO launches latest revision of Urban Bikeway Design Guide
Del Mar wants to wait on rebuilding a rail bridge until a decision is made about tunneling (San Diego Union Tribune)
CA high-speed rail is laying track (Fresno Bee)
How high-speed rail would connect to Las Vegas (Visalia Times Delta)
CA rep Kiley introduces the “No More Money for High Speed Rail” bill in Congress (Newsweek)
Cycling in Paris doubled after bike lanes installed, and numbers are still growing (Momentum Mag)
Can states stop runaway highway building? (Bloomberg)

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