Thursday’s Headlines

The fires and their long-term effects; RSR bridge bike lane meetings; More

By Melanie Curry

8:37 AM PST on January 16, 2025

Richmond San Rafael Bridge. Photo by Warren Wells

Why CA keeps building in burn zones (CalMatters)
Maybe we need to rethink how we define wildfire (Slate)
It's gonna be hard: People are still struggling to recover from previous fires (CalMatters)
LA fires mean another delay in finishing new rules for cap-and-trade (Argus Media)
Meetings about whether to get rid of bike lane on Richmond Bridge coming up soon (Marin Independent Journal)
Bay Area transit agencies sign pledge to increase equity in infrastructure projects (Mass Transit)
Bill introduced to streamline public transportation projects (Scott Wiener)
CA makes a big downpayment on a Santa Cruz climate adaptation project (Knee Deep Times)
Railway crossing in Dixon to get federal grant (Daily Republic, The Reporter)

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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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