Today’s Headlines

8:17 AM PST on February 19, 2020

Speeding cars kill. So why is CA slow-walking efforts to slow them down? (LA Times)
What will it take to get upzoning and affordability right? (TransForm)
Two CA housing bills take lessons from San Diego (KPBS)
Housing affordability holding back SoCal economy (The Sun)
Human nature is getting in the way of the development of autonomous cars (Fast Company)
The false promise of "renewable natural gas" (Vox)
CA Legislative Analyst wants Newsom to start small on proposed climate loan program (CalMatters)
PG&E offers community choice energy companies free "zero carbon" electricity--from Diablo Canyon. Nuclear? No, thanks (CBS)
S.F. needs Sunday parking meters and congestion pricing, says mayor (SF Chronicle)
CA working on electrifying heavy-duty vehicles (Government Technology)
North American cities--several in CA--get high rating for climate goals (Al Jazeera)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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