Today’s Headlines

8:39 AM PST on January 27, 2021

What does the shift in vaccine priority mean to essential workers? (LA Times, CalMatters)
Growing concern over racial disparities in vaccine distribution (LA Times)
San Bernardino County plans a mass-vaccination event next week (Daily Bulletin)
Biden signs executive actions on racial equity: Fair housing, no private prisons, tribal sovereignty, denouncing anti-Asian discrimination (Sacramento Bee)
- ...and "sets in motion" plan to ban federal oil and gas leases (NY Times)
What statewide parking reform could look like (SPUR)
Santa Rosa floats redesign for a dangerous stretch of road - is it enough? (Press Democrat)
Eleven more Bay Area transit agencies join Clipper START, giving fare discounts to low-income people (Bay Link)
Environmental groups tell Newsom: Time to step up (CapRadio)
New York City doesn't have enough bike parking (NY Times)
Uber sweeps in to save transit? (CityLab)
Even AAA says "stop using 'accident' to describe a crash" (Capitol Fax)

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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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