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Today’s Headlines

2:22 PM PST on December 12, 2019

    • People are upgrading bike lane "protection" with holiday decorations (Block Club Chicago)
    • News media coverage of car crashes downplays the role of drivers (CityLab)
    • Electric vehicles are not causing the decline in transportation revenue, and a fee on them won't fix it (CalMatters)
    • Electric trucks are critical, viable; Union of Concerned Scientists calls on ARB for a stronger rule than the one it will consider today (Yahoo! Finance)
    • Autonomous freight trucks are on the road now (Popular Mechanics)
    • Marin County readies its wish list for regional transportation sales tax measure (Mass Transit)
    • Orange County considers toll lanes (LA Times)
    • More hype about headphones that warn pedestrians they're about to be run over (Fast Company)

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