Today’s Headlines

8:27 AM PDT on August 21, 2020

Oil industry is using your money to fight a covert, deceptive campaign against climate change policy (The Guardian)
- And they're funding a think tank to make their research seem legit (DeSmogBlog)
The U.S. Senate transportation bill is terrible for the climate (Transportation for America)
Why disparities in transportation access matter to everyone in cities (The CityFix)
Stories convince people that climate action is needed (Grist)
Local Oakland activists working on climate change (Oaklandside)
Uber and Lyft had plenty of time to comply with the law (Endgadget)
- Court issues 11th-hour reprieve (The Verge)
- So they won't be closing down in CA (CNET)
Governor Newsom gives last-minute convention speech highlighting climate emergency (SF Chronicle)
Smoke and COVID combine to make a Bay Area respiratory catastrophe (SF Chronicle)
Bay Area mass transit could resemble Uber or Lyft (SF Chronicle)
California deal with automakers: you want to sell cars here? Follow our rules (LA Times)
Traffic is ba-a-a-ack (Daily Bulletin)
Bipartisanship isn't enough to make transportation bill good (Transportation for America)

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, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

Today’s Headlines

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog California

What Do ‘Livable’ Streets Look Like in an Era of Driverless Cars?

Tuesday’s Headlines

Office of Traffic Safety Announces $127.3M in Grants

Oakland Promises Protected Bike Lanes on Lakeshore

Why Connecticut Is Investing in New Regional Rail