Today’s Headlines

8:37 AM PDT on April 8, 2020

Climate change is just as real as COVID-19, and it's time to treat it with urgency (LA Times)
Governor Newsom says staying home is working (Mercury News)
L.A. releases first racial breakdown of COVID, and there's a higher death rate among black people (LA Times)
Report: collisions cut in half (Transportation Today)
Coronavirus reveals transit's true mission (CityLab)
Act like you already have the coronavirus (LA Times)
City transportation changes during pandemic (National League of Cities)
Wearing a homemade mask is not so simple for people of color (CNN)
Free VMT monitoring for planners (Traffic Technology Today)
Applying contagion models to urban congestion (Inverse)
Jetliner boneyard in the desert: Where to store airplanes that are not being used (Daily Mail)
U.S. Census considers privacy protections that could mean inaccurate data (Fast Company)

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