Today’s Headlines

8:23 AM PDT on July 23, 2019

Caltrain aims for frequent, electric service (Mercury News, SF Chronicle)
Two fatal car crashes renew calls for safer streets in SF (Curbed)
Car commuters fear "Carmaggedon" from all the highway repairs planned in:
- Salinas (The Californian)
- Inland Empire (KTLA, SF Chronicle)
Long read: Was the automobile a mistake? (New Yorker)
Bakersfield is booming (Washington Post)
Oakland's homeless count soars (SF Chronicle)
- And the situation isn't so great in L.A. (LA Times)
On a single person's vote, San Bruno rejects housing it sorely needs (SF Chronicle)
Oakland hosts a massive "BBQ'n While Black" celebration (Berkeleyside)
Climate change is gettin' mighty expensive (Reuters)
Let's pay every American to cut emissions (Politic)

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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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