Today’s Headlines

8:15 AM PST on February 11, 2021

Even in subways, air pollution levels are alarming (The Guardian)
Why 100% clean energy is so hard (LA Times)
Electric cars are not enough--people must drive less (Bloomberg)
Redding is lined up for a couple of ATP grants (Action News Now)
LA Metro studying congestion pricing issues (Transport Topics)
BART ambassadors celebrate one-year anniversary (BART)
Bay Area Council excited about potential new SF Bay rail crossing (Independent News)
CA high speed rail program releases updated business plan (Mass Transit)
Why science is so important: Solving the environmental crime of the century (Grist)
Companies are racking up test miles in autonomous vehicles, but safety data is sparse (Transport Topics)
Using maps to help land owners - such as, say, the Catholic church - be better environmental stewards (New Yorker)

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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