currymel

Bicycle rider, mom, beekeeper. Editor of California Streetsblog--follow SBCA @StreetsblogCal

[currymel @currymel]

@HomeDepot @cturnbull1968 Home Depot: You need to condemn the actions of ICE in your parking lots. You can’t turn a blind eye and then pretend everything is normal because you’re “following rules.”

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

It was 85° at 11am when this crew of two was hard at work in Mettler, CA. They were loading 20-25 lb boxes filled with grapes onto a truck. These boxes will be exported all around the world to places like Canada, Japan, Australia, and more. #WeFeedYou #Calor

[Robert Prinz @prinzrob]

It was a huge mistake to delay the re-launch of e-bikes in the East Bay for 6 years, and it remains a huge mistake that the service area still hasn’t been expanded to include East Oakland.

[Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski @hopeyrok]

If 45,000 people died per year in the US in airplane crashes, an average of 25 commercial flights per month @ 150 passengers per flight, would you still fly?

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. Politician claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Great, @citynewsTO.
https://t.co/pBWLfi5QKC

[It's Jamie @SjamieIt]

Watch this cyclist illegally blow right through the pedestrian crossover as I wait to cross with my wife and toddler! They should be licensed just like drivers, then this wouldn't happen!

[StreetsblogLA @StreetsblogLA]

Metro staff report says Culver City has to return $435K for removing Metro-funded Move Culver City bike lanes (looks like ped and transit grant components remain intact)

[Robert Prinz @prinzrob]

65th St in Emeryville. New speed limits just dropped.

[Streetsblog CA @StreetsblogCal]

Governor Newsom Signs Complete Streets Bill, finally! State law will require Caltrans to plan and build a transportation system for everyone who uses California roads. https://t.co/zYIldb0jOM

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

The Governor vetoed our bill requiring new cars to alert drivers when they’re >10 MPH over speed limit.

4K people a year die on CA roads & speed is a big factor.

This technology gets people to slow down & saves lives.

This veto is disappointing but I’m committed to this work.

[currymel @currymel]

Wait�� who paid for this little freeway to nowhere, again?

[StreetsblogLA @StreetsblogLA]

Metro posted new weekday daily ridership figures - and it's yet more month of year-over-year ridership growth - looks July and August 2024 were 21st & 22nd straight y-o-y growth:
Aug 2024: 963K (2023 was 889K)
July 2024: 903K (2023 was 847K)

[Peter Flax @Pflax1]

It’s short but sweet! Sometimes riders need tiny bits of infrastructure to connect heavily used bike routes. The brand new block-long Michigan Ave connector is just that, linking a dead end on Michigan Ave and the Expo path.Thanks for the head’s up ⁦@StreetsblogLA⁩

[Seema Patel @cupcakerobot_]

Why am I teary over a train?? My 7yo asked what’s going to happen to the diesel @Caltrain now and I told him they were going to take the diesel trains to live on a farm where they could spend the rest of their days frolicking and driving kids around. 🥺

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

READ THIS: "The car wastes more time than it saves & creates more distance than it overcomes." We’ve known this for a long time. Share this remarkable, completely relevant 1973 essay on car-dependancy by Andr�� Gorz, thankfully shared by @UnevenEarth. 
https://t.co/3l9oS2lw9l

[Streets For All @streetsforall]

Bike lanes make the street safer for ALL road users, not just for people on bikes.

[Caltrain @Caltrain]

Tomorrow we begin a new chapter with electrification, but today we will say thank you. Thank you diesel trains for your service! 🫶🏼

[StreetsblogLA @StreetsblogLA]

Looks like Arvilla was about 30 feet wide - now it's about 80 feet wide. Because when LA City builds a walk/bike path, they have to make the intersections more dangerous for walk/bike folks getting across.

[StreetsblogLA @StreetsblogLA]

A couple of officials at today's bike path ribbon cutting mentioned "reconfiguring" the Arvilla Avenue railroad crossing. Turns out that's a euphemism for widening Arvilla (a 3-block long street) from 2 lanes to 4 lanes. Below are Google images of Arvilla in 2015, 2023 & 2024

[Damien Newton @DamienTypes]

@alevin Someone else was honored for being a superstar!