Today’s Headlines

8:26 AM PDT on September 29, 2020

CA Governor signs law exempting sustainable transportation from CEQA (SF Chronicle)
Electric cargo bikes are already replacing trucks in cities (Electrek)
E-bike subsidies would empower people to use cars less (Kinder Rice)
China to begin piloting autonomous taxis in busy cities (Fast Company)
Localism matters in a crisis (Strong Towns)
COVID's impact on traffic, revenues, and operations of toll roads: they down (Transportation Today)
A look at LA Metro's long-range transportation plan (Smart Cities Dive)
Assemblymember Frazier plans to introduce a bill to stop wildfires (East County Today)
Study: California is among most dangerous places for children traveling in cars (Business Wire)
Evictions are going to be really really bad (Slate)
Small businesses are really suffering (Berkeleyside)

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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