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

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
@StreetsblogCal

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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