Today’s Headlines

8:16 AM PDT on August 1, 2019

Lyft didn't mention this part: E-bikes disappeared from Bay Area because they were catching on fire (SF Examiner)
Cities should probably have policies on truck deliveries (Governing)
San Diego creates new zoning for dense, mixed-use developments (LA Times)
San Francisco ditches fees for affordable housing, in-law units (Curbed)
Meanwhile, Trump administration wants to weaken housing discrimination laws (NPR)
Bill on self-driving cars still in the works in Congress (Reuters)
Downsides of autonomous vehicles (World Economic Forum)
Sacramento Bee investigators find traders took millions from California energy consumers
Researchers really are trying to build a self-riding bike (NY Times)
Infrastructure is more than highways (CityLab)
Burning Man is a radical experiment in urban design (Governing)

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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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