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Today’s Headlines

8:36 AM PDT on April 16, 2020

    • Trump refuses to tighten clean air rules, focusing on "uncertainties" rather than strong scientific consensus (NY Times)
    • Oregon to get rid of the 85th percentile rule for setting speed limits (Bike Portland)
    • Coronavirus and Oakland's communities of color (Berkeleyside)
    • Food supply system struggles to adjust to pandemic life (CalMatters)
    • Rich countries outbid poor ones in competition for coronavirus supplies (NY Times)
    • Palo Alto considers banning cars from some streets (SF Chronicle)
    • Everyone staying at home offers clues about climate change (Capitol Public Radio)
    • The post-COVID future of travel (Intelligent Transport)
    • Why are highway expansions considered essential right now? (Frontier Group)
    • New book chronicles the Koch brother's impact on American society (NPR)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

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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