Today’s Headlines

8:43 AM PDT on October 26, 2020

Essential workers who rely on transit know service cuts will leave them stranded (SF Chronicle)
CA not meeting 2020 emissions target (Clean Technica, Green Car Congress)
New freeway lanes, ramps coming to Santa Barbara area (NewsPress)
School is back but transit is off track (San Jose Spotlight)
Electric vehicle market reaching a tipping point (Forbes)
Prop 22 is bad for drivers and everyone else (Common Dreams)
Fight over fencing off railroad tracks at Del Mar Bluffs heats up (LA Times)
Improvements to a pedestrian bridge in Tulsa could ruin the Center of the Universe (Tulsa World)
Americans are struggling to make their car payments (US PIRG)
Eco-friendly car wiring attracts rats (Core77)

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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