Today’s Headlines

8:19 AM PST on February 8, 2021

What do new CEQA exemptions in transit-rich areas mean? (Davis Vanguard)
Welp, says Dick Spotswood, bikes won't replace cars, but I gotta admit they sure are popular these days (Marin Independent Journal)
We need to learn from those who don't drive (The Seattle Times)
Coachella Valley widens a downtown roadway, but adds trees and sidewalks so it's "walkable" (Desert Sun)
What GM's Super Bowl ad neglected to mention (Heated)
Global warming breaks glacier, flooding towns in India (LA Times)
Why did the housing market get so hot during COVID? (Vox)

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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