Today’s Headlines

8:40 AM PST on December 4, 2020

Done right, automated traffic enforcement can alleviate bias (Smart Cities Dive)
CA environmental groups object to idea of CARB chair Mary Nichols heading up US EPA (KQED)
- Politico profiles Nichols
How environmental justice can return to US EPA (High Country News)
Toxic pollution from tires may be killing salmon (SF Chronicle)
Biden could ensure all agencies fight climate change (Gizmodo)
A Biden administration could boost lawsuits holding oil industry liable for climate change (SF Chronicle)
Anti-union senator Glazer is mad at BART for securing early contract with its workers (SF Chronicle)
It should never be suburbs vs cities; we're in this together (Governing)
These transit agencies are working to increase affordable housing (Transit Center)

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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