Today’s Headlines

8:33 AM PDT on October 15, 2020

Scrap-and-replace program helps low-income Californians get cleaner cars and e-bikes (Next City)
Where to now, after 2020's harrowing, universal ordeal? (National Geographic)
AARP trains people to be part of a Livable Communities Corps
How land trusts can keep housing affordable (CalMatters)
Feds insert politics, deny funding to transit agencies and cities they brand "anarchist" (NACTO)
COVID has been especially harmful for working women (Brookings)
Tracing COVID misinformation (Nieman Lab)
St. Paul sets citywide 20 mph speed limit (Twin Cities)
Outdoor dining is no refuge from the dangers of cars (Planetizen)
Strategies for driving down emissions (Transportation for America)
Under Trump, "alarming" drop in prosecutions for violations of fundamental environmental laws (NY Times)
LAPD causes serious injuries by shooting at ... Lakers fans (LA Times)
A Trump landslide? The media playing Cassandra? (McClatchy)

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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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