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Happy New Year!
Here’s some end-of-2024 headlines to see you through:

  • 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)
  • Monday’s Headlines
    by Damien Newton
    April 20, 2026
    The headline stack runs from the Straight of Hormuz through e-bikes in San Diego.
  • When Traffic Violence Hits The Same Family Twice — Years Apart, On Exactly the Same Street
    by The Editorial Team
    April 19, 2026
    The deaths of a Colorado married couple has some mourning an eerie coincidence — and others outraged at two predictable tragedies that could have been prevented.
  • Driver Runs Red, Hits Cyclist, Speeds Off
    by The Editorial Team
    April 17, 2026
    More evidence that San Francisco drivers are out of control—and that SFMTA must start incorporating concrete into its designs if it wants to reduce crashes.
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