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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
    August 24, 2026
    Duffy’s Corruption in Plain View, Global Warming, Underwater Highway Projects, Sunset Dunes and More….
  • The Week in Short Videos
    by Damien Newton
    August 21, 2026
    LA is repaving the wrong streets, heavy cars are deadly, welcome to Streetsblog San Diego, and more on the craziness of Muni’s ban of bikes on trains.
  • Deadly Forest Lawn Crash Reinforces Push for Safety Improvements Paused by Mayor Bass
    by The Editorial Team
    August 21, 2026
    Three years into Councilmember Raman’s push for a safer Forest Lawn Drive, Mayor Bass anticipates a new design – without eliminating car lanes but with “signal modifications” – will be “forthcoming… very soon.”
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