Today’s Headlines

8:19 AM PST on January 29, 2021

BART, Capitol Corridor launch new program to improve, increase passenger rail service in Bay, Sacramento Areas (Mass Transit)
City of Berkeley removes (most) required off-street parking minimums (Berkeleyside)
Building political will to act on road safety (TheCityFix)
More on California bill to require corporate accountability on emissions (KQED)
What happens when the price of carbon allowances is too low (The Conversation)
- And other problems with using the market to control emissions (KNKX)
Oil and gas companies say they want to work with Biden on climate - but they don't really (Boiling Point)
Every day will be Climate Day in the new White House (Politico)
GM's pledge on green cars is important, even if it is weak (EDF)
More COVID relief money went to Orange County sheriffs than to health workers (Voice of OC)

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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