Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Melanie Curry

8:42 AM PDT on October 16, 2020

US Forest Service is updating e-bike guidelines, seeks input (Bicycle Retailer)
New pedestrian guide for urban planners (Intelligent Transport)
Bicycle coalition installs hundreds of bike racks around Lake Tahoe (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
Pandemic shutdowns cause lasting carbon dioxide decline (UC Irvine)
Even with less driving, traffic deaths went up (Curbed)
Climate change is wreaking havoc with the power grid (LA Times)
California Energy Commission approves funds for zero-emission transportation projects (Green Car Congress)
California climate investments tackle food waste (YubaNet)
Cities aim to remove police from psychiatric emergency calls (NPR)
Investing in Neighborhood Safety Offices (American Progress)
Oversight commission calls for LA Sheriff to resign (LA Times)
What we learned from CARES act benefits: not a “waste” and not an incentive for laziness (Chicago Policy Review)
Rich cities will be alright (Washington Post)
The tenants who evicted their landlord (NY Times)
California has had only a 70% response rate to US Census (KTLA)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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