Today’s Headlines

8:15 AM PST on February 16, 2021

More on a national bill that could give a tax break to bike commuters (Forbes, Gear Junkie)
Planning for Metro rail extension to Torrance has begun (Daily Breeze)
Uber wants to screw over its drivers in Europe the way they do in California (Tech Crunch)
L.A.'s Park to Play Trail: You can walk from Crenshaw to the beach (LAist)
Town of Gonzalez is working on energy independence (Mercury News)
Inland Empire warehouses are pushing out green spaces, residential zoning (CalMatters)
Oh, and also: Inland Empire rents are through the roof (Press-Enterprise)
What if housing were regulated like cars - and cars like housing? (Pasadena Star-News)

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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