Today’s Headlines

8:49 AM PDT on October 20, 2020

The census matters. A lot (New Republic)
Corporations claiming they support racial justice need to support public transportation (CityLab)
LA residents protest court decision to allow Exide to abandon toxic site cleanup (LA Times)
Half of California gig workers have had no work during pandemic (Sacramento Bee)
Trucking companies settle with US EPA over emission rule violations (OC Breeze, Freight Waves)
CA's greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise (LA Times)
Time to track and measure gas consumption (CalMatters)
How Moms 4 Housing changed laws (KQED)
New national homelessness policy does not focus on housing (SF Chronicle)
Why can't we have sheltered public spaces? (Price Tags)
A bunch of those abandoned Uber bikes have a new life in Mexico City (The Verge)
E-bikes are good for you (St George News)
Gee, the New Yorker has a bike on its cover

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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