Today’s Headlines

8:30 AM PST on February 9, 2021

Interview with Buttigieg (Axios)
How far you can get in 15 minutes travel time, per mode (Public Square)
LA Times beats up the High Speed Rail Program for wanting to spend bond money that was set aside for High Speed Rail program
Santa Cruz County votes on option for short rail line (Mass Transit)
Turlock installs air cleaners in its bus fleet to fight COVID (Traffic Technology Today)
Automakers really don't want to give up their giant profits on SUVs (LA Times)
Is Northern California ready for shift to electric vehicles? (North Bay Business Journal)
People buy electric vehicles but don't drive them as much as their gas cars (Utility Dive)
Denver's experiment with sending mental health professionals instead of police: Successful (USA Today)
Sea level rise could push up long-buried toxins in your garden (NPR)
How state legislation is overcoming local resistance to building housing (LA Times)

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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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