Today’s Headlines

8:51 AM PDT on October 21, 2020

Roadblocks for California's clean vehicle goals (S&P Global)
Coachella approves money to get CV Link construction going (KESQ)
CARB to vehicle makers: tell us about your emissions cheat devices before we find them on our own (Transportation Today News)
Biking is up, and so is bike theft (CBS)
Even in Amsterdam, biking is up; parking is a problem (The Guardian)
Santa Barbara considers temporary e-bike docks; permanent ones "don't fit historic character" of downtown (Noozhawk)
CA GHGs are rising (SF Chronicle)
Emissions exposure may increase COVID mortality (Pew)
Oakland sets restrictions on where homeless people can live (SF Chronicle)
Inching towards a new relief package (LA Times)
When will your ballot be counted? The perks of voting early (CalMatters)

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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